20 Removal of arms and ammunition to Northern Ireland.E+W+S
(1)Section 6 of the principal Act (power to control movement of arms and ammunition) shall be amended as follows.
(2)After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—
“(1A)The Secretary of State may by order prohibit the removal of firearms or ammunition from Great Britain to Northern Ireland unless—
(a)the removal is authorised by the chief officer of police for the area from which they are to be removed and by the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary; and
(b)such conditions as may be specified in the order or imposed by the chief officer of police or the Chief Constable are complied with.”
(3)Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) (which is superseded by the new subsection (1A)) shall be omitted.