SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2 Consequential and minor amendments
Firearms Act 1968 (c.27)
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In section 40 (compulsory register of transactions)—
a
in subsection (4)—
i
after the word “constable” (in both places it appears) there shall be inserted the words “
or a civilian officer
”
;
ii
after the words “the register” there shall be inserted the words “
(or if the register is kept by means of a computer, a copy of the information comprised in that register in a visible and legible form);
”
; and
b
after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
4A
Every person keeping a register in accordance with this section by means of a computer shall secure that the information comprised in the register can readily be produced in a form in which it is visible and legible and can be taken away.