European Communities (Alarm and Signal Weapons) (Technical Specifications) Regulations 2022.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Alarm and Signal Weapons) (Technical Specifications) Regulations 2022.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations –
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paragraphs: (1) The Minister may appoint such and so many officers of the Minister as he or she thinks fit to be authorised officers for the purposes of these Regulations.
(2) The Minister shall furnish an authorised officer with a warrant of his or her appointment and, when exercising a power conferred by these Regulations, the authorised officer shall, if requested by a person affected, produce the warrant, or a copy of it, to that person for inspection.
(3) The Minister may terminate the appointment of an authorised officer whether or not the appointment was for a fixed period.
(4) The appointment of an authorised officer ceases –
(a) if it is terminated under paragraph (3),
(b) if it is for a fixed period, on the expiry of that period, or
(c) upon the person ceasing to be an officer of the Minister.
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paragraphs: (1) An authorised officer may inspect a device for the purpose of –
(a) determining whether the device is or is not an alarm and signal weapon, and
(b) where the authorised officer determines, in accordance with paragraph (a), that the device –
(i) is an alarm and signal weapon –
(I) further determining whether the alarm and signal weapon concerned complies or does not comply with the technical specifications, and
(II) ascertaining the information referred to in subparagraphs (ii) to (vii) of paragraph (c) of Regulation 5,
or
(ii) is not an alarm and signal weapon, ascertaining the information referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (vi) of paragraph (d) of Regulation 5.
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paragraphs: Where an authorised officer inspects a device pursuant to Regulation 4, he or she shall enter, or cause to be entered, the following information in the database as soon as practicable after the inspection:
(a) the date on which the authorised officer inspected the device concerned;
(b) whether the device is or is not an alarm and signal weapon;
(c) where the authorised officer determines that the device is an alarm and signal weapon, the following matters in relation to the alarm and signal weapon concerned:
(i) whether it complies or does not comply with the technical specifications;
(ii) where the authorised officer determines that it does not comply with the technical specifications, the reasons for that determination;
(iii) its type;
(iv) the name of its manufacturer or brand;
(v) the name of the model;
(vi) its serial number;
(vii) the country of its manufacture;
(d) where the authorised officer determines that the device is not an alarm and signal weapon, the following matters in relation to the device concerned, where applicable:
(i) the reasons for that determination;
(ii) its type;
(iii) the name of its manufacturer or brand;
(iv) the name of the model;
(v) its serial number;
(vi) the country of its manufacture;
(e) any other information relating to the device concerned that the authorised officer considers relevant.
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paragraphs: The Department is designated as the national focal point for the purposes of Article 3 of the Commission Implementing Directive.
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paragraphs: (1) The Department shall establish and maintain a database for the purpose of recording, in relation to a particular device –
(a) the information referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) of Regulation 5, and
(b) the information received from the national focal point of another Member State in response to a request made by the State in accordance with Article 3 of the Commission Implementing Directive.
(2) The database may be established and maintained in paper or electronic form.
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paragraphs: Where –
(a) another Member State requests, in accordance with Article 3 of the Commission Implementing Directive, information from the Department relating to a particular device, and
(b) the information referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) of Regulation 5 in relation to that device has, in accordance with that Regulation, been entered in the database,