Made | 6th September 2007 | ||
Laid before Parliament | 7th September 2007 | ||
Coming into force | 1st October 2007 |
Defences to an offence under section 36 of the 2006 Act or under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to that Act
3.
—(1) It shall be a defence in proceedings for an offence under section 36 of the 2006 Act or under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to that Act for the person charged with the offence to show that his conduct was for the purpose only of making the imitation firearm in question available for one or more of the purposes specified in paragraph (2).
(2) Those purposes are—
4.
For the purposes of regulation 3 a person shall be taken to have shown a matter specified in that regulation if—
5.
—(1) The persons described for the purposes of section 37(2)(e) of the 2006 Act and paragraph 5(2)(e) of Schedule 2 to that Act are those mentioned in paragraph (2).
(2) The persons mentioned in this paragraph are—
Sizes and colours which are to be regarded as unrealistic for a real firearm
6.
—(1) For the purposes of section 38(3)(b) of the 2006 Act and paragraph 6(3)(b) of Schedule 2 to that Act, the size of an imitation firearm is to be regarded as unrealistic for a real firearm only if the imitation firearm has dimensions that are less than the dimensions specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The dimensions specified in this paragraph are a height of 38 millimetres and a length of 70 millimetres.
7.
—(1) For the purposes of section 38(3)(b) of the 2006 Act and paragraph 6(3)(b) of Schedule 2 to that Act, a colour is to be regarded as unrealistic for a real firearm only if it is a colour specified in paragraph (2) or if the imitation firearm is made of transparent material.
(2) The colours specified in this paragraph are—
Tony McNulty
Minister of State
Home Office
6th September 2007
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