§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what definition his Department uses of a replica firearm.
§ Mr. Peter LloydControls on imitation firearms are contained in the Firearms Act 1982. The 1982 Act provides that any imitation firearm which has the appearance of being a firearm to which section 1 of the Firearms Act 1968 applies and is so constructed as to be readily convertible to
590Wfire live ammunition, is subject to the same controls as those imposed on actual firearms by the Firearms Act 1968.
Under the 1982 Act, the test of whether an imitation firearm is readily convertible to fire live ammunition is whether it can be so converted without special skill on the part of the person converting it and the work involved does not require tools or equipment other than such as are in common use by persons carrying out construction and maintenance works in their homes.