Firearms (Jersey) Law 2000: Application by Registered Firearms Dealer

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A decision made 14 October 2013:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2013-0055
Decision Summary Title :	Prohibited weapons – registered firearms dealer		Date of Decision Summary:	2 October 2013
Decision Summary Author:	Executive Officer Home Affairs		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	n/a
Written Report Title :	Application to hold prohibited firearms – registered firearms dealer		Date of Written Report:	2 October 2013
Written Report Author:	Executive Officer Home Affairs		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Exempt 3.2.1(a)(i)
Subject: Application under Article 33 of the Firearms (Jersey) Law 2000 by a registered firearms dealer.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the possession of certain prohibited weapons for a limited period, pending adaptation to a non-prohibited weapon, by Mr R Le Brocq, who is a registered firearms dealer.
Reason(s) for Decision: Mr Le Brocq has applied to hold certain firearms which fall under Article 33(1) of the Firearms (Jersey) Law 2000 in that they are ‘so designed or adapted that 2 or more missiles can be successively discharged without repeated pressure on the trigger’. The application is only to cover the eventuality that when Mr Le Brocq is testing a firearm that has been adapted to semi-automatic fire he discovers that the firearm is still capable of fully automatic fire. It is not his intention to possess fully automatic firearms except in that unlikely occurrence.
Resource Implications: Nil.
Action required: the Home Affairs Department to issue an updated dealer certificate to Mr Le Brocq to reflect that he has the authority to hold certain prohibited weapons for a limited period pending adaptation to non-prohibited weapons; and to write to the Connétable of the Parish in which Mr Le Brocq is resident to inform him of this.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):