Member States and other Matters)

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L.N. 366 of 2010

ARMS ACT

(CAP. 480)

Firearms and Ammunition (Movement in

Member States and other Matters)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 65 of the Arms

Act, the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs has made the

following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Firearms and Title.

Ammunition (Movement in Member States and other Matters)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2010 and they shall be read and construed

as one with the Firearms and Ammunition (Movement in Member S.L. 480.01.

States and other Matters) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the

principal regulations".

Immediately after regulation 7 the principal regulations, Adds new

there shall be added the following new regulation

(1)

Each

assembled

firearm

manufactured or placed on the market in Malta on or

after 28 July 2010 shall be uniquely marked, including

the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of

manufacture, the serial number and the year of

manufacture, if this is not part of the serial number

Provided that no such marking shall be

required for artistic, historical and rare firearms

manufactured or placed on the market in Malta on or

after 28 July 2010 for collection purposes.

(2) The marking shall be affixed to the breech-

closing mechanism, the chamber and the barrel of the

firearm, the destruction of which would render the

firearm unusable.

(3) Each package of complete ammunition

manufactured or placed on the market in Malta shall be

marked with the name of the manufacturer, the

identification batch number, the calibre and the type of

ammunition.

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(4) Firearms transferred from government

stocks to civilian use shall be marked with the name of

the transferring entity, MPF MT, for arms transferred

from the Police Force, and AFM MT, for arms

transferred from the Armed Forces of Malta. The year

of transfer of the firearms from government to civilian

use shall also be marked

Provided that no such marking shall be

required for artistic, historical and rare firearms

transferred for collection purposes.".

3. Immediately after the words "hunting activity" in

regulation 10 of the principal regulations, there shall be inserted the

words "or other proof of their hunting or target shooting activities in

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