Section 57 Offensive Weapons Act 2019

Section 57 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is about Surrender of prohibited firearms etc. It provides as follows:

(1)The Secretary of State may make such arrangements as the Secretary of State thinks fit to secure—

(a)the orderly surrender at designated police stations of firearms the possession of which will become unlawful by virtue of section 54 or 55;

(b)the orderly surrender at designated police stations or other places of ancillary equipment.

(2)The chief officer of police for any area may designate any police station in the chief officer’s area as being suitable for the receipt of—

(a)surrendered firearms or ancillary equipment, or

(b)surrendered firearms or ancillary equipment of a particular description.

(3)The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland may designate any police station in Northern Ireland as being suitable for the receipt of—

(a)surrendered firearms or ancillary equipment, or

(b)surrendered firearms or ancillary equipment of a particular description.

(4)In this section “ancillary equipment” has the meaning given by section 60(2).

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