Gun Barrel Proof Act 1978
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1978 c. 9 |
| Year | 1978 |
(1) The sections set out in Schedule 1to this Act shall be substituted for the sections 129 to 130 of the (2) The transitional provisions set out in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect.on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; andon conviction on indictment to a fine. (2) Section 87 (refusing inspection of books) , section 100 (acting contrary to declaration) and section 142 (neglect of duties) of the Act of 1868 shall cease to have effect.Branch proof houses may be established under section 89 of the Act of 1868 in any proper and convenient place, wherever situated. The Guardians shall have power to make any such rules and regulations as are mentioned in section 106 of the Act of 1868; and sections 101 to 105 of that Act (byelaws made by the Guardians) shall cease to have effect. In rules, regulations and scales of proof made or altered under section 117 of the Act of 1868 measurements (whether of length, area, volume, mass or weight) may be expressed in imperial units or in metric units. The
(1) In this Act “the Act of 1868” means the Gun Barrel Proof Act 1868 and expressions to which a meaning is given for the purposes of the Act of 1868 have the same meaning in this Act.(2) Except so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.(1) The provisions mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to amendments there specified, being minor amendments or amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act. (2) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 to this Act (which contains certain provisions which are obsolete or unnecessary) is hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.(3) When it appears to the Secretary of State that Schedule 2 to this Act can have no further application, he may by order made by statutory instrument repeal that Schedule; and the order may make such amendments and repeals in any other enactment as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate in consequence of that repeal.(1) This Act may be cited as the Gun Barrel Proof Act 1978.(2) This Act and the (3) This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.(4) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.In this Act “convention proof mark” means any mark, sign or character of which a specimen is for the time being included in the register of proof marks published by the Permanent International Commission for the Proof of Small Arms established under a Convention done at Brussels on Ist July 1969 (in this section and in sections 130 and 131 of this Act referred to as “the register”) , not being a mark, sign
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