Extend firearm search warrant powers for substantial public safety risk
Dunblane Inquiry · Dunblane Inquiry — Final Report · Issued 16 October 1996
Government responseNot tracked (historical inquiry)
DeliveryNo statement from the addressee found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The power of search with warrant under section 46 of the Firearms Act 1968 should be extended to cases in which there is reasonable ground for suspecting that there is a substantial risk to the safety of the public; and to include in such cases the power to seize and detain any firearm certificate which may be found (para 8.15).
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Government response
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Delivery
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