Firearms Acts (Amendment) Regulations 1992
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Firearms Acts (Amendment) Regulations 1992.(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 1st January 1993.(3) These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.In these Regulations— (1) In section 5 of the 1968 Act (weapons subject to a general prohibition) , after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
- “(1A) Subject to section 5A of this Act, a person commits an offence if, without the authority of the Secretary of State, he has in his possession, or purchases or acquires, or sells or transfers—
- (a) any firearm which is disguised as another object;
- (b) any rocket or ammunition not falling within paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section which consists in or incorporates a missile designed to explode on or immediately before impact and is for military use;
- (c) any launcher or other projecting apparatus not falling within paragraph (ae) of that subsection which is designed to be used with any rocket or ammunition falling within paragraph (b) above or with ammunition which would fall within that paragraph but for its being ammunition falling within paragraph (c) of that subsection;
- (d) any ammunition for military use which consists in or incorporates a missile designed so that a substance contained in the missile will ignite on or immediately before impact;
- (e) any ammunition for military use which consists in or incorporates a missile designed, on account of its having a jacket and hard-core, to penetrate armour plating, armour screening or body armour;
- (f) any ammunition which is designed to be used with a pistol and incorporates a missile designed or adapted to expand on impact;
- (g) anything which is designed to be projected as a missile from any weapon and is designed to be, or has been, incorporated in—
- (i) any ammunition falling within any of the preceding paragraphs; or
- (ii) any ammunition which would fall within any of those paragraphs but for its being specified in subsection (1) of this section.
- (7) For the purposes of this section and section 5A of this Act—
- (a) any rocket or ammunition which is designed to be capable of being used with a military weapon shall be taken to be for military use;
- (b) references to a missile designed so that a substance contained in the missile will ignite on or immediately before impact include references to any missile containing a substance that ignites on exposure to air; and
- (c) references to a missile’s expanding on impact include references to its deforming in any predictable manner on or immediately after impact.
- (1) Subject to subsection (2) below, the authority of the Secretary of State shall not be required by virtue of subsection (1A) of section 5 of this Act for any person to have in his possession, or to purchase, acquire, sell or transfer, any prohibited weapon or ammuni tion if he is authorised by a certificate under this Act to possess, purchase or acquire that weapon or ammunition subject to a condition that he does so only for the purpose of its being kept or exhibited as part of a collection.
- (2) No sale or transfer may be made under subsection (1) above except to a person who—
- (a) produces the authority of the Secretary of State under section 5 of this Act for his purchase or acquisition; or
- (b) shows that he is, under this section or a licence under the Schedule to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (museums etc.) , entitled to make the purchase or acquisition without the authority of the Secretary of State.
- “(4A) For the purposes of any reference in this Act to the use of any firearm or ammunition for a purpose not authorised by the European weapons directive, the directive shall be taken to authorise the use of a firearm or ammunition as or with a slaughtering instrument and the use of a firearm and ammunition—
- (a) for sporting purposes;
- (b) for the shooting of vermin, or, in the course of carrying on activities in connection with the management of any estate, of other wildlife; and
- (c) for competition purposes and target shooting outside competitions.
Section 5(1A) .. | Possessing or distributing other prohibited weapons or ammunition | (a) Summary… | 3 months or a fine of the statutory maximum; or both. | — |
(b) On indictment | 2 years or a fine; or both. |
- “(1A) Where a person under the age of eighteen is entitled, as the...
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