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air- and cartridge-powered guns designed as industrial tools or humane animal stunners.

  • Simulators for training in the use of firearms and specially designed or modified components and accessories therefor.

  • Bombs and grenades, other than those specially designed for military use, and specially designed components therefor.

  • Body armour, other than those manufactured to military standards or specifications, and specially designed components therefor.

  • All-wheel-drive utility vehicles capable of off-road use that have been manufactured or fitted with ballistic protection, and profiled armour for such vehicles.

  • Water cannon and specially designed or modified components therefor.

  • Vehicles equipped with a water cannon.

  • Vehicles specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders and components therefor specially designed or modified for that purpose.

  • Acoustic devices represented by the manufacturer or supplier as suitable for riot-control purposes, and specially designed components therefor.

  • Leg-irons, gang-chains, shackles and electric-shock belts, specially designed for restraining human beings; except:

    • handcuffs for which the maximum overall dimension including chain does not exceed 240 mm when locked.

  • Portable devices designed or modified for the purpose of riot control or self-protection by the administration of an incapacitating substance (such as tear gas or pepper sprays), and specially designed components therefor.

  • Portable devices designed or modified for the purpose of riot control or self-protection by the administration of an electric-shock, (including electric-shock batons, electric-shock shields, stun guns and electric shock dart guns (tasers)) and components therefor specially designed or modified for that purpose.

  • Electronic equipment capable of detecting concealed explosives and specially designed components therefor; except:

    • TV or X-ray inspection equipment.

  • Electronic jamming equipment specially designed to prevent the detonation by radio remote control of improvised devices and specially designed components therefor.

  • Equipment and devices specially designed to initiate explosions by electrical or non-electrical means, including firing sets, detonators, igniters, boosters and detonating cord, and specially designed components therefor; except:

    • those specially designed for a specific commercial use consisting of the actuation or operation by explosive means of other equipment or devices the function of which is not the creation of explosions (e.g., car air-bag inflaters, electric-surge arresters of fire sprinkler actuators).

  • Equipment and devices designed for explosive ordnance disposal; except: