1993 No. 1490
The Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) (Amendment) Rules 1993
Made
Coming into force
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 1(3) and 53 of the Firearms Act 19681, I hereby make the following Rules:
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1
These Rules may be cited as the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) (Amendment) Rules 1993.
2
These Rules shall not extend to Scotland.
3
These Rules shall come into force on 1st July 1993.
2
For rule 2 of the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) Rules 19692 there shall be substituted the following—
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1
Subject to paragraph (2) below, rule 3 of these Rules applies to an air weapon (that is to say, an air rifle, air gun or air pistol)—
a
which is capable of discharging a missile so that the missile has, on being discharged from the muzzle of the weapon, kinetic energy in excess, in the case of an air pistol, of 6ft. lb. or, in the case of an air weapon other than an air pistol, of 12ft. lb., or
b
which is disguised as another object.
2
Rule 3 of these Rules does not apply to a weapon which only falls within paragraph (1)(a) above and which is designed for use only when submerged in water.
(This note is not part of the Rules)