58.—(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/2403 of 15 December 2015 establishing common guidelines on deactivation standards and techniques for ensuring that deactivated firearms are rendered irreversibly inoperable is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 1 (scope), in paragraph 2—
(a)for “the date of its application” substitute “ 8 April 2016 ”;
(b)for “to another Member State” substitute “ outside of the United Kingdom ”.
(3) In Article 3 (verification and certification of deactivation of firearms)—
(a)in paragraph 1 for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate authority ”;
(b)in paragraph 2 for “Member States” substitute “ the appropriate authority ”;
(c)omit paragraph 3;
(d)in paragraph 4—
(i)for “a deactivation certificate in accordance with the template set out in Annex III” substitute “ certification in writing in accordance with the relevant legislation ”;
(ii)omit the final sentence;
(e)in paragraph 6 for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate authority ”;
(f)after paragraph 6 insert—
“7. In this Article—
“the appropriate authority” means, F1... the Secretary of State F1...;
“the relevant legislation” means,F2... section 8(b) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 M1 F2....”.
(4) Omit Article 4 (requests for assistance).
(5) In Article 5 (marking of deactivated firearms)—
(a)the existing provision becomes paragraph 1;
(b)for “the template set out in Annex II” substitute “ the relevant legislation ”;
(c)omit sub-paragraph (b);
(d)after sub-paragraph (c), insert—
“2. In this Article, “the relevant legislation” means, F3... section 8(a) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 F3....”.
(6) Omit Article 6 (additional deactivation measures).
(7) Omit Article 7 (transfer of deactivated firearms within the Union).
(8) Omit Article 8 (notification requirements).
(9) After Article 9 (entry into force), omit “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States”.
(10) In Annex I (technical specifications for the deactivation of firearms)—
(a)omit “as defined in Directive 91/477/EC”;
(b)omit “In order to ensure a correct and uniform application of the deactivation operations of firearms, the Commission shall elaborate definitions in cooperation with the Member States.”.
(11) Omit Annex II (template for marking of deactivated firearms).
(12) Omit Annex III (model certificate for deactivated firearms).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 58(3)(f) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1371), regs. 1, 4(2)(a)(i)
F2Words in reg. 58(3)(f) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1371), regs. 1, 4(2)(a)(ii)
F3Words in reg. 58(5)(d) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1371), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 58 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1
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