Deregulation (Gun Barrel Proving) Order 1996
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1996/1576 |
1996 No. 1576
DEREGULATION
The Deregulation (Gun Barrel Proving) Order 1996
Made 17th June 1996
Coming into force 15th July 1996
Whereas:
(a) the Secretary of State is of the opinion that certain provisions of the Gun Barrel Proof Acts 18681and 19502impose burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of a trade, business, profession or otherwise and that by amending or repealing the provisions concerned and by making certain other provision it is possible to remove or reduce the burdens, without removing any necessary protection;
(b) the Secretary of State has consulted such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by his proposals and such other persons as he considers appropriate;
(c) it appears to the Secretary of State that it is appropriate, following that consultation, to proceed with the making of this Order;
(d) a document setting out the Secretary of State’s proposals has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 19943and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 4 of that Act has expired; and
(e) a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by resolution of each House.
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 1 of the 1994 Act, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Gun Barrel Proving) Order 1996 and shall come into force 28 days after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order extends to Northern Ireland.
Interpretation
2. In this Order “the 1868 Act” means the Gun Barrel Proof Act 1868, “the 1950 Act” means the Gun Barrel Proof Act 1950 and “the 1978 Act” means the Gun Barrel Proof Act 19784.
Charges for proving and marking barrels
3.—(1) In section 118 of the 1868 Act (charges for proving and marking barrels) the words from “not exceeding” to the end are hereby repealed.
(2) The following provisions (which are spent in consequence of paragraph (1) above), namely—
(a)
(a) sections 3 and 4 of, and the Schedule to, the 1950 Act, and
(b)
(b) paragraph 20 of Schedule 3 to the 1978 Act, are also hereby repealed.
John M. Taylor,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs,
Department of Trade and...
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