17 fireworks licence holders to receive training overseas

A legal notice which will enable the issuing of a temporary licence for foreign licence fireworks enthusiasts, particularly EU nationals, to operate from Malta factory has been issued.

The notice, published today, was announced by Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici during the launch of a pyrotechnics training course at the Qormi council.

Through the project, 17 licence holders will be trained overseas so that they would then be able to train around another 160 licence holders.

The project, which will cost around €270,000, is partially funded by the European Union.

The minister said the foreigners' licence will remain valid until the conclusion of the event for which it would have been issued.

Another new regulation is further clarifying the duties of the factory licence.

The legal notice is also introducing a regulation enabling the suspension of licences when a factory breaches the Explosives Ordinance.