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Article 1 Scope

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

F11.

This Regulation shall apply to firearms of all categories listed in Part II of Annex I to Directive 91/477/EEC.

2.

This Regulation shall not apply to firearms deactivated prior to F28 April 2016, unless those firearms are transferred F3outside of the United Kingdom or placed on the market.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/337 of 5 March 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403 establishing common guidelines on deactivation standards and techniques for ensuring that deactivated firearms are rendered irreversibly inoperable (Text with EEA relevance).

F2

Words in Art. 1(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 58(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in Art. 1(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 58(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)