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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision in connection with the realistic imitation firearms provisions of
the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (sections 36 to 38 and paragraphs 4 to 6 of Schedule 2).
Regulation 3 provides for defences to the offences of the manufacture, import and sale of realistic
imitation firearms in section 36 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2. These defences will operate where
a person who is charged with such an offence can show that his conduct was for the purpose only
of making the imitation firearm in question available for one or more of the purposes specified in
regulation 3(2). Regulation 4 makes provision dealing with the burden of proof for these defences.
Regulation 5 describes persons who organise and hold historical re-enactments for the purpose of
the defence to offences under section 36 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 as set out in section 37(2)
(e) and paragraph 5(2)(e) of Schedule 2.
Regulations 6 and 7 make provision in connection with the definition of “realistic imitation firearm”
in section 38 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2. These regulations specify the sizes and colours which
are to be regarded as unrealistic for a real firearm.

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