Moved by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
166: Clause 114, page 135, leave out line 35 and insert “technical specifications for the deactivation of the weapon that apply at the time when the weapon is made available for sale or as a gift or (as the case may be) when it is sold or given as a gift.
(4A) The Secretary of State must publish a document setting out the technical specifications that apply for the purposes of subsection (4)(c) (“the technical specifications document”).
(4B) The technical specifications document may set out different technical specifications for different kinds of weapon.
(4C) The Secretary of State—
(a) may from time to time revise the technical specifications document, and
(b) where it is revised—
(i) must publish the document as revised, and
(ii) specify in it the date on which any changes to the technical specifications that apply for the purposes of subsection (4)(c) take effect.”
167: Clause 114, page 135, leave out lines 36 to 40
168: Clause 114, page 135, line 40, at end insert—
“(5A) In the case of a weapon rendered incapable as mentioned in subsection (4)(b) before 8 April 2016, subsection (1)(a) or (b) does not apply if the weapon is made available for sale or as a gift, or (as the case may be) sold or given, by or on behalf of a museum in respect of which a museum firearms licence is in force to another museum in respect of which such a licence is in force.”
169: Clause 114, page 135, line 42, at end insert—
“(6A) In this section, “museum firearms licence” means a licence granted under the Schedule to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988.”