other Matters) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2010

L.N. 463 of 2010

ARMS ACT

(CAP. 480)

Firearms and Ammunition (Movement in Member States and

other Matters) (Amendment No. 2) 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 Citation.

Ammunition (Movement in Member States and other Matters)

(Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2010, and these regulations shall be

read and construed as one with the Firearms and Ammunition S.L. 480.01

(Movement in Member States and other Matters) Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

The definition of ''firearm'' in regulation 2 of the principal Amends

regulation 2 of

regulations shall be substituted by the following new definition

the principal

regulations.

'' ''firearm'' has the same meaning assigned to it in article 2

of the Act

Provided that for the purposes of regulation 7A ''firearm''

shall mean any portable barrelled weapon that expels, is

designed to expel or may be converted to expel a shot, bullet or

projectile by the action of a combustible propellant;''.

Regulation 7A of the principal regulations shall be Amends

regulation 7A of

amended as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

in sub-regulation (1) thereof, for the words ''Each

assembled firearm manufactured or placed on the market in

Malta on or after 28 July 2010 shall be uniquely marked,

including the name'' there shall be substituted the words ''Each

newly-assembled firearm shall, upon registration in the records

of the Malta Police Force on or after 28 July 2010, unless

already marked in such manner, be uniquely marked, namely by

the name'';

(b)

in sub-regulation (1) thereof, for the proviso

thereto, there shall be substituted the following new provisos

''Provided that no such marking shall be required

for items falling under Schedule II, Part I, items 7 and 8,

Schedule II, Part II and Schedule III of the Act

Provided further that no such marking shall be

required for artistic, historical and rare firearms, as well as

other firearms deemed by the Weapons Board to be

unsuitable for such marking.'';

(c)

sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be substituted by

the following new sub-regulation

''(2) The marking shall be affixed to an essential

component of the firearm, namely the breech-closing

mechanism, the frame, receiver, the chamber or the barrel

of the firearm, the destruction of which would render the

firearm inoperable.'';

(d)

in sub-regulation (3) thereof, for the words

''manufactured or placed on the market in Malta'' there shall be

substituted the words ''placed on the market or manufactured for

commercial purposes in Malta on or after 28th July 2010'';

(e)

in sub-regulation (3) thereof, for the words ''the

calibre and the type of ammunition.'', there shall be substituted

the words “the calibre and the type of ammunition:''; and

immediately thereafter there shall be added the following new

proviso

''Provided that no such marking shall be required

for ammunition that is antique, historical or rare.''; and

(f)

in sub-regulation (4) thereof, the proviso thereto

shall be substituted by the following new provisos

''Provided that no such marking shall be required

for items falling under Schedule 2, Part 1, items 7 and 8,

Schedule 2, Part 2 and Schedule 3 of the Act

Provided further that no such marking shall be

required for artistic, historical and rare firearms, as well as

other firearms deemed by the Weapons Board to be

unsuitable for such marking.''.

Regulation 11 of the principal regulation shall be deleted.

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