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Amendments proposed to the Violent Crime Reduction Bill - continued	House of Commons

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Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 32, line 45 [Clause 31], leave out 'other thing on his behalf' and insert 'empty cartridge case on his behalf; or

(h)	he is authorised by regulations made by the Secretary of State to purchase primers or cartridge cases of the type in question.'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 33, line 14 [Clause 31], leave out subsections (9) and (10) and insert—

'( ) The power of the Secretary of State to make regulations for the purposes of subsection (3)(h) or (5)(h) shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

( ) That power includes power—

(a)	to make different provision for different cases;

(b)	to make provision subject to such exemptions and exceptions as the Secretary of State thinks fit; and

(c)	to make such incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional provision as he thinks fit.

( ) In this section—

"ammunition of a relevant kind" means ammunition for a firearm of a relevant kind;

"enactment" includes an enactment passed after the passing of this Act; and

"firearm of a relevant kind" means a firearm other than a shot gun, an air weapon or a firearm chambered for rim-fire ammunition.'.

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

111

*Page 33, line 21, leave out Clause 32.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 33, line 21 [Clause 32], at end insert—

'( ) This section applies to an ammunition loading press which—

(a)	is of a type which can be used for producing metallic ammunition; and

(b)	was made after the year 1938.'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 33, line 22 [Clause 32], leave out 'an ammunition loading press to another' and insert 'to any other person an ammunition loading press to which this section applies'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 33, line 27 [Clause 32], after 'firearm' insert 'of a relevant kind'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 33, line 28 [Clause 32], leave out 'for a firearm' and insert 'of a relevant kind'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 33, line 35 [Clause 32], leave out from 'possession' to ';or' in line 36 and insert ',without a certificate, of a firearm of a relevant kind or of ammunition of a relevant kind'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 33, line 38 [Clause 32], after first 'of' insert 'such'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 33, line 41 [Clause 32], after 'press' insert 'to which this section applies'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 33, line 45 [Clause 32], after 'firearm' insert 'of a relevant kind'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 34, line 1 [Clause 32], leave out 'for a firearm' and insert 'of a relevant kind'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 34, line 7 [Clause 32], leave out from 'possession' to ';or' in line 8 and insert ',without a certificate, of a firearm of a relevant kind or of ammunition of a relevant kind'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 34, line 10 [Clause 32], after first 'of' insert 'such'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 34, line 31 [Clause 32], at end insert—

'"ammunition of a relevant kind" means ammunition for a firearm of a relevant kind;'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 34, line 32 [Clause 32], at end insert—

'"firearm of a relevant kind" means a firearm other than a shot gun, an air weapon or a firearm chambered for rim-fire ammunition.'.

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

112

*Page 35, line 37 [Clause 34], leave out from 'gallery' to end of line 38.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 36, line 1 [Clause 34], leave out 'purposes' and insert 'organisation and holding'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 36, line 19 [Clause 34], leave out from 'held' to end of line 20 and insert 'for the purpose of re-enacting an event from the past or of illustrating conduct from a particular time or period in the past.'.

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk
Mr Greg Knight

113

*Page 36, line 30 [Clause 35], at end insert 'and

(c)	does not fall within any of the following categories:

(i)	large machine guns, armoured vehicles, field guns, military equipment and military vehicles, where the imitation weaponry is intrinsic to the equipment,

(ii)	imitation firearms used in security dog training and security guard training,

(iii)

imitation firearms used in hunt dog training,

(iv)	imitation firearms used by educators, colleges and schools,

(v)	reproduction components for weapons of .50" calibre or over;

(vi)	weapons manufactured for use in the sport of 'Airsoft',

(vii)

imitation firearms for use in theatre, historical re-enactment, historic or heritage vehicle shows, ceremonial performances, cinema, film, television, and sporting events (or associated rehearsals of any of these uses),

(viii)

imitation weapons used in museums (private or public), castles and historic houses,

(ix)	parts of weapons required for sub-paragraphs (i) to (viii) above, or

(x)	components used by specialist suppliers and armourers required for sub-paragraphs (i) to (viii) above.'.

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

Page 41, line 17 [Clause 41], leave out 'has reasonable grounds for believing' and insert 'believes'.

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

Page 41, line 23 [Clause 41], at end insert 'or

(c)	prohibited drugs.'.

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

Page 41, line 24 [Clause 41], after 'weapons', insert 'or drugs'.

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

Page 41, line 24 [Clause 41], at end insert—

'(1A) Upon the conviction of a person for an offence under section 139A(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (offence of having article with blade or point (or offensive weapon) on school premises) or section 139A(2), a Court shall make an anti-social behaviour order against the defendant prohibiting him from entering the school in question for any purpose, unless the court considers that exceptional circumstances exist in relation to the offence or the offender.'.

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

Page 41, line 35 [Clause 41], leave out paragraph (a).

Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Mark Prisk

Page 41, line 41 [Clause 41], leave out from 'a' to end of line 42 and insert 'second member of staff'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 41, line 43 [Clause 41], leave out from 'If' to 'finds' and insert ', in the course of a search under this section, the person carrying out the search'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 42 [Clause 41], leave out line 20 and insert—

'"outer clothing" means—

(a)	any item of clothing that is being worn otherwise than wholly next to the skin or immediately over a garment being worn as underwear; or

(b)	a hat, shoes, boots, gloves or a scarf.'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 43, line 4 [Clause 42], leave out from 'If' to 'finds' and insert ', in the course of a search under this section, the person carrying out the search'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 43 [Clause 42], leave out line 26 and insert—

'"outer clothing" means—

(c)	any item of clothing that is being worn otherwise than wholly next to the skin or immediately over a garment being worn as underwear; or

(d)	a hat, shoes, boots, gloves or a scarf.'.

Mr Secretary Clarke

Page 50, line 25 [Clause 56], leave out 'the repeals in Schedule 4' and insert—

'(a)	the repeals by Schedule 4 of the Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons) Act 1980 (c.32) and of the enactments amending that Act extend to England and Wales only;

(b)	the repeal by that Schedule of section 141(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only;

(c)	the other repeals specified in that Schedule'.