(1)The Firearms Act 1968 is amended as follows.
(2)After section 27 insert—
(1)This section applies to a firearm if it is a rifle from which a shot, bullet or other missile, with kinetic energy of more than 13,600 joules at the muzzle of the weapon, can be discharged.
(2)The Secretary of State must by rules under section 53 prescribe conditions—
(a)subject to which a firearm certificate relating to a firearm to which this section applies must be granted or renewed, and
(b)which impose requirements as to the storage of a firearm to which this section applies and as to the security measures to be taken when such a firearm is in transit.
(3)Before making rules under section 53 which prescribe conditions of the kind mentioned in subsection (2) the Secretary of State must consult such persons likely to be affected by the rules as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.”
(3)In section 53 (rules for implementing the Act)—
(a)the existing text becomes subsection (1), and
(b)at the end of that subsection insert—
“(2)A statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) rules under this section which prescribe conditions of the kind mentioned in section 27A(2) (conditions for storage etc of certain firearms) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”