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Policing and Crime Act 2017

An Act to make provision for collaboration between the emergency services; to make provision about the handling of police complaints and other matters relating to police conduct and to make further provision about the Independent Police Complaints Commission; to make provision for super-complaints about policing; to make provision for the investigation of concerns about policing raised by whistle-blowers; to make provision about police discipline; to make provision about police inspection; to make provision about the powers of police civilian staff and police volunteers; to remove the powers of the police to appoint traffic wardens; to enable provision to be made to alter police ranks; to make provision about the Police Federation; to make provision in connection with the replacement of the Association of Chief Police Officers with the National Police Chiefs' Council; to make provision about the system for bail after arrest but before charge; to make provision about the retention of biometric material; to make provision to enable greater use of modern technology at police stations; to make other amendments to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; to amend the powers of the police under the Mental Health Act 1983; to extend the powers of the police in relation to maritime enforcement; to make provision for cross-border enforcement; to make provision about the powers of the police to require removal of disguises; to make provision about deputy police and crime commissioners and the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime; to make provision to enable changes to the names of police areas; to make provision about the regulation of firearms and pyrotechnic articles; to make provision about the licensing of alcohol; to make provision about the implementation and enforcement of financial sanctions; to amend the Police Act 1996 to make further provision about police collaboration; to make provision about the powers of the National Crime Agency; to make provision for requiring arrested persons to provide details of nationality; to make provision for requiring defendants in criminal proceedings to provide details of nationality and other information; to make provision about the seizure etc of invalid travel documents; to make provision for pardons for convictions etc for certain abolished offences; to make provision to protect the anonymity of victims of forced marriage; to increase the maximum sentences of imprisonment for certain offences of putting people in fear of violence etc; to make provision to combat the sexual exploitation of children and to protect children and vulnerable adults from harm; to make provision about coroners' duties in respect of deaths in state detention; to make provision about the powers of litter authorities in Scotland; and for connected purposes.

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The Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

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Part 6Firearms and pyrotechnic articles

Firearms

I1 I2132Applications under the Firearms Acts: fees

1

After section 32 of the Firearms Act 1968 (fee for certificate and exemption from paying it in certain cases) insert—

32ZAFees in connection with authority under section 5
1
The Secretary of State may by regulations authorise the appropriate national authority to require payment of a fee before an authority under section 5 is granted, varied or renewed.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) must specify the amount of any fee that may be charged.
3
The regulations may make different provision for different cases (including specifying different fees for different cases).
4
The regulations may include—
a
incidental, supplementary or consequential provision;
b
transitional, transitory or saving provision.
5
Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.
6
A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
7
In this section, “the appropriate national authority” means—
a
in or as regards England and Wales, the Secretary of State;
b
in or as regards Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.

2

Before section 16 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 insert—

15BFees in connection with approvals under section 15
1
The Secretary of State may by regulations authorise the appropriate national authority to require payment of a fee before an approval under section 15 is granted, varied or renewed.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) must specify the amount of any fee that may be charged.
3
The regulations may make different provision for different cases (including specifying different fees for different cases).
4
The regulations may include—
a
incidental, supplementary or consequential provision;
b
transitional, transitory or saving provision.
5
Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.
6
A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
7
In this section, “the appropriate national authority” means—
a
in or as regards England and Wales, the Secretary of State;
b
in or as regards Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.

3

In the Schedule to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (firearms and ammunition in museums), omit paragraph 3.

4

In that Schedule, before paragraph 4 insert—

3A
1
The Secretary of State may by regulations authorise the appropriate national authority to require payment of a fee before a licence is granted, varied or renewed.
2
Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) must specify the amount of any fee that may be charged.
3
The regulations may make different provision for different cases (including specifying different fees for different cases).
4
The regulations may include—
a
incidental, supplementary or consequential provision;
b
transitional, transitory or saving provision.
5
Regulations under this paragraph are to be made by statutory instrument.
6
A statutory instrument containing regulations under this paragraph is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
7
In this section, “the appropriate national authority” means—
a
in or as regards England and Wales, the Secretary of State;
b
in or as regards Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.

5

In consequence of the amendment made by subsection (2), omit section 15(6) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988.

Part 6Firearms and pyrotechnic articles

Firearms

I1I2132Applications under the Firearms Acts: fees

1

32ZAFees in connection with authority under section 5

1

2

3

4

a

b

5

6

7

a

b

2

15BFees in connection with approvals under section 15

1

2

3

4

a

b

5

6

7

a

b

3

4

3A

1

2

3

4

a

b

5

6

7

a

b

5

I1 I2132Applications under the Firearms Acts: fees