# The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Specification for Imitation Firearms) Regulations 2011, Regulation 4: Specifications for imitation firearms


The specifications referred to in regulation 3(1) are that—
(a) an imitation firearm must incorporate an inclusion;
(b) the inclusion must be wholly made of a material which is at least as resistant to being cut, drilled, bored, ground (or any similar process) as sintered tungsten carbide in the range 1550-2000 HV 30;
(c) the inclusion must wholly block the barrel and should be permanent and incapable of being knocked out without destroying the chamber or barrel;
(d) part of the inclusion must be incorporated into the rear of the dummy barrel; and
(e) the inclusion must be intended to prevent—
(i) the creation of a hole through the dummy barrel along its axis; and
(ii) the removal of a dummy barrel, unless the frame and chamber area of the firearm is rendered useless as a result or its integrity so compromised that it cannot be used to form the basis of a firearm without significant repair or addition.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1754/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/violent-crime-reduction-act-2006-specification-for-imitation-firearms-regulations-2011/regulation-4
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