Part 6: Firearms Section 61: Conditions applying to certain firearms: England and Wales and Scotland
Subsections (1) and (2) of section 61 insert a new section, 27A, into the Firearms Act 1968 which requires the Secretary of State to make rules under section 53 of that Act prescribing conditions for the safe storage and transit of certain firearms, commonly known as high muzzle energy rifles. A firearm certificate relating to a firearm to which the new section 27A applies, must be granted or renewed subject to such conditions. Before making such rules, the Secretary of State must consult with persons likely to be affected.
	Subsection (3) amends section 53 of the Firearms Act 1968 (rules for implementing the Act) so that any statutory instrument containing rules which prescribe conditions of the kind mentioned in section 27A is subject to the negative resolution procedure.
	This section forms part of the law of Great Britain