17.—(1) In this Schedule, “firearm” means any portable barrelled weapon that expels, is designed to expel or may be converted to expel, a shot, bullet or projectile by the action of a combustible propellant.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the meaning given to them in the Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items—
“development”;
“production”;
“software”;
“technology”;
“use”.