Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and shall come into force on 1st October 2011.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland only.

Amendment of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988

2.Section 17(3A) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988( 3 ) (visitors’ permits) is amended as follows—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “document” insert “or a copy of the same”;

(b) in the full out words after paragraph (c), after the word “document” in the first place where it appears, insert “or copy”; and

(c) in the full out words after paragraph (c), after the word “document” in the second place where it appears, insert “or, where a copy has been produced, on the copy”.

Review

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