The use of pyrotechnic devices such as “very lights” in a sports context is becoming an offense punishable by up to five years in prison or a fine of up to 600 days, the government announced this Thursday. The New Legal Regime for Explosives and Hazardous Substances (RJESP) was approved this Thursday by the Council of Ministers and now criminalizes the possession of explosives, objects or pyrotechnic devices in sports venues and other prohibited places.
In this regard, according to the proposal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a sentence of imprisonment for up to five years or a fine for up to 600 days is established for anyone who “transports, detains, uses, distributes or stores explosives, improvised explosive devices or pyrotechnics, on sports venues, places where fans gather and where sports success is celebrated.”
It also becomes a crime to use explosive devices “in places intended for training and sports, as well as in the premises of clubs and sports societies.”
The bill, which will now be submitted to the Assembly of the Republic, defines improvised explosive devices or “pyrotechnics” as prohibited items, including any device containing explosives or “an explosive mixture of substances designed to produce a calorific, luminous, sound, gas or smoke effect or a combination of these effects”, including “very light effects”.
According to the Interior Ministry, this new legal regime, which will annul eight diplomas, “simplifies and implements a coherent legal framework that strengthens supply chain information, control mechanisms during the sale and operations with explosives.”
The Legal Regime for Explosives and Hazardous Substances, approved this Thursday, also sets out other changes, such as new permit periods that are no longer valid for life and are now valid for 10 years, as well as mandatory professional training for explosives operators, pyrotechnics and support personnel. (courses of initiation, advanced training and specialization).
The government’s bill also introduces compulsory civil liability insurance for these activities, the presence of an administrator of administrative procedures who will be responsible for expediting the process, and electronic processing of procedures.
The new regime establishes “objective suitability criteria now missing for operators of explosives and pyrotechnics, a new classification of businesses in the sector (manufacturing, storage and disposal), elimination of the existing legal vacuum and a new classification of magazines and magazines, the creation of adequate storage facilities for the needs various operators.
The bill also revises the number and types of dangerous substances that are precursors of explosives subject to storage licenses, creates licenses for Type 1 and Type 2 shipbuilders based on the type of explosive products they sell, specifying the reseller, and begins accrediting training organizations and instructors.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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