Closed consultation

Firearms licensing: sound moderators

• From: Home Office
• Published: 21 February 2024

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Summary

We are consulting on a proposal to use a legislative reform order to remove sound moderators from firearms licensing controls.

This consultation ran from
10am on 21 February 2024 to 10am on 2 April 2024

Consultation description

We are seeking views on our proposal to use a Legislative Reform Order made under the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 to remove a firearm accessory, known as a sound moderator, from firearms licensing controls.

Sound moderators currently need to be covered by a firearms certificate, issued by the police. Sound moderators are not dangerous as firearms, and removing them from firearms licensing controls does not have any implications for public safety.

The proposal is to amend the definition of firearm in section 57(1)(d) of the Firearms Act 1968 to remove the reference to sound moderators.

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Published 21 February 2024