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2. In these Regulations—
“the 2006 Act” means the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006;
“blank-firing imitation firearm” means an imitation firearm(1) capable of firing a blank cartridge;
“historical re-enactment” means any presentation or other event held for the purpose of re-enacting an event from the past or of illustrating conduct from a particular time or period in the past;
“inclusion” means part of an imitation firearm incorporated into the firearm during manufacture for the purpose of preventing an imitation firearm being modified for use as a firearm;
“museum or gallery” includes any institution which—
has as its purpose, or one of its purposes, the preservation, display and interpretation of material of historical, artistic or scientific interest, and
gives the public access to it;
“revolver” means a firearm that has a cylinder (containing multiple chambers) that revolves to align each chamber in turn with the firing mechanism and the barrel.
For the definition of “imitation firearm” see article 2(2) of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 and paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 2 to the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.
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