[Resolved]

[Sacarathe]

Title:

 

Will the new Airsoft <thingy> in the Police and Crime bill apply to Section 22 of the Firearms Act 1968?

 

 

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/22

 

I assume UKAPU would have caught this if the answer was no.

[Kash]

The whole point of the Airsoft section of this bill is to exempt airsoft replicas from firearms legislation

[Sacarathe]

The whole point of the Airsoft section of this bill is to exempt airsoft replicas from firearms legislation

 

 

 

Amended clause 111 of the Policing and Crime Bill 2015-16

(5) After section 57 insert—

“57A Exception for airsoft guns

(1) An “airsoft gun” is not to be regarded as a firearm for the purposes of this Act.

(2) An “airsoft gun” is a barrelled weapon of any description which—

(a) Is designed to discharge only a small plastic missile (whether or not it is also capable of discharging any other kind of missile),

and

( is not capable of discharging a missile (of any kind) with kinetic energy at the muzzle of the weapon that exceeds the permitted level.

(3) “Small plastic missile” means a missile that—

(a) is made wholly or partly from plastics, and

(aa) is spherical, and

( does not exceed 8 millimetres in diameter.

(4) The permitted kinetic energy level is—

(a) in the case of a weapon “is capable of discharging two or more missiles without repeated pressure on the trigger, 1.3 joules;

( in any other case, 2.5 joules.”

 

This is what's tripping me up, this act means the firearms act 1968?

[jcheeseright]

That's what UKAPU have been lobbying for, i personally think the limits for 'lethality' are a little low but at least we do now have a clearly defined legal limit for an Airsoft gun.

[Sacarathe]

That's what UKAPU have been lobbying for, i personally think the limits for 'lethality' are a little low but at least we do now have a clearly defined legal limit for an Airsoft gun.

 

It all makes sense now, I've never seen clause 111 of the bill so I was missing the context, I always thought "(5) After section 57 insert—" referred to the PC bill.