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Weapons and Amourers
Security of Weapons

The security of firearms is the responsibility of the person in legal possession of the firearms or other weapon. This may be an armourer, police officer, member of the armed forces, etc.
 
Whenever firearms are transported the local police must be notified.
 
Where an Armourer is not present the responsibility for security of the weapon is the Producers and managerial arrangements must be put in place. These arrangements will include emergency procedures to deal with all reasonably foreseeable risks on location. This will also be the case for replica or deactivated weapons.
 
The Producer must ensure that the weapons are secure:
  • there must be a dedicated and named person responsible for the security of the weapon at all times (including the collection, storage, transportation and safe return)
  • the named person will accompany the weapon if it is to be moved e.g. a courier cannot collect it on behalf of the production
  • when not in use the weapon is locked in a secure case which is stored in a locked room with restricted access
If any weapon is lost or stolen the local police must be informed immediately.  Persons must not be permitted to leave site until the weapon is recovered or the police arrive and have granted permission for those involved to leave.
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