Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998Show full title

ATTACHMENT 1-A U.K.

PERSONS OTHER THAN PASSENGERS U.K.

LIST OF PROHIBITED ARTICLES U.K.

(a)

guns, firearms and other devices that discharge projectiles — devices capable, or appearing capable, of being used to cause serious injury by discharging a projectile, including:

• firearms of all types, such as pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns,

• toy guns, replicas and imitation firearms capable of being mistaken for real weapons,

• component parts of firearms, excluding telescopic sights,

• compressed air and CO₂ guns, such as pistols, pellet guns, rifles and ball bearing guns,

• signal flare pistols and starter pistols,

• bows, cross bows and arrows,

• harpoon guns and spear guns,

• slingshots and catapults;

(b)

stunning devices — devices designed specifically to stun or immobilise, including:

• devices for shocking, such as stun guns, tasers and stun batons,

• animal stunners and animal killers,

• disabling and incapacitating chemicals, gases and sprays, such as mace, pepper sprays, capsicum sprays, tear gas, acid sprays and animal repellent sprays;

(c)

explosives and incendiary substances and devices — explosives and incendiary substances and devices capable, or appearing capable, of being used to cause serious injury or to pose a threat to the safety of aircraft, including:

• ammunition,

• blasting caps,

• detonators and fuses,

• replica or imitation explosive devices,

• mines, grenades and other explosive military stores,

• fireworks and other pyrotechnics,

• smoke-generating canisters and smoke-generating cartridges,

• dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives.

(d)

any other article capable of being used to cause serious injury and which is not commonly used in security restricted areas, e.g. martial arts equipment, swords, sabres, etc.