Editing Skyrocket (section)

==Sale and regulation==
Bottle rockets are specifically illegal in many jurisdictions, even those where most other consumer fireworks are legal. They are sometimes considered to present a unique hazard, due to their ability to fly in many directions other than vertically.

===Canada===
Bottle rockets are banned under the ''Explosives Act'', thus making importation, possession, transportation, storage or manufacturing illegal in [[Canada]].<ref>[http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/mms-smm/expl-expl/agcdf-crpcf-eng.htm#31 Authorization Guidelines for Consumer and Display Fireworks] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401152613/http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/mms-smm/expl-expl/agcdf-crpcf-eng.htm |date=2011-04-01 }}</ref>

===India===
In India, bottle rockets are set off during the Hindu festival of [[Diwali]], and are sold in the millions.

===Norway===

Skyrockets were officially banned in Norway starting from the new years eve of 2008/09. Skyrockets are strictly forbidden, and carry heavy fines for anyone who are caught launching them.

===Philippines===
In the [[Philippines]], [[List of Philippine laws|Republic Act]] 7183 was enacted to regulate and to control the sale, distribution, manufacture and use of fireworks and firecrackers for [[public safety]].<ref name="ra7183">{{cite web|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno7183.htm|title=REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7183|website=chanrobles.com|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}</ref>  According to the said law, skyrockets (known in the Philippines as ''kwitis'') are legal and are designed to propel from {{convert|40-50|ft}} before exploding.<ref name="ra7183"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/590651/news/nation/pnp-bares-list-of-legal-firecrackers-pyrotechnics-for-holiday-revelry|title=PNP bares list of legal firecrackers, pyrotechnics for holiday revelry|newspaper=[[GMA News]]|last=Roxas|first=Joseph Tristan|date=November 29, 2016|accessdate=December 28, 2016|language=English}}</ref> Despite being legal, it poses danger to those using it.  In 2012, it was recorded that skyrockets were the second most harmful firecracker after [[Piccolo (firecracker)|piccolo]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/333137/piccolo-kwitis-goodbye-bading-others-lead-cracker-related-injuries|title=Piccolo, kwitis, Goodbye Bading, others lead ‘cracker-related injuries|last=Elona|first=Jamie Marie|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|accessdate=December 29, 2016|date=December 31, 2012|language=English}}</ref>

===Thailand===
In [[Thailand]]'s [[Isan]] region, many are made by hand and sold in conjunction with [[Rocket Festival]]s. The largest bottle rockets used at the festivals are ''[[Rocket Festival#Bang Fai (the rockets)|Bang Fai]]'' rockets which can be up to 20 metres long and charged with up to 500&nbsp;kg of [[black powder]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Wilhelm Klein|author2=John Gottberg|author3=Hans Hoefer|title=Burma|year=1987|publisher=APA Productions}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Joshua Eliot|author2=Jane Bickersteth|title=Thailand Handbook|year=2003|publisher=Footprint Handbooks|isbn=1903471540}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
In the [[United Kingdom]] firework rockets are sold by weight, e.g.: {{convert|4|oz|abbr=on}}, {{convert|8|oz|abbr=on}}, 1&nbsp;lb. This is not the weight of the rocket itself, but rather of a lead sphere whose diameter matches that of the rocket motor. Rocket weight in the UK is officially defined as "the weight of a lead sphere that is ''just'' supported by a tube that the rocket motor will ''just'' fit into." {{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}