Miscellaneous and supplementary
20 Removal of arms and ammunition to Northern Ireland.
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Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) (which is superseded by the new subsection (1A)) shall be omitted.