Thread: AR 15 - A cat

There are some background communications going on (outside the ostensible firearms advisory forum 'FAF') which may result in the FAF efforts being superseded. There is an issue that the proposals of the FAF (which are not binding on anyone), if adopted by police and accepted by the OPC, would fall outside the scope of the delegated powers because (a) those proposals are well beyond what Parliament intended them to be; (b) The proposals are diametric to the working purpose of the Arms Act. Regulations so made, will be struck out as ultra vires and in conflict with purpose.

Police have already breached their own framework of the FAF by appointing thereto a chair that represents only the commercial interests of a group of one (himself) and omitted any adequate representation of civilian gun owners. This gives rise to another ground of judicial review.

Upshot being that, at the moment, probably best not to make any plans around the FAF proposals.