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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Authority to Carry Scheme and Civil Penalties Regulations 2023.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which they are made.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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The Authority to Carry Scheme 2023 which was laid before Parliament on 9th January 2023 comes into force on the day on which these Regulations come into force.
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(1) The Authority to Carry Scheme (Civil Penalties) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) For the heading immediately before regulation 1, substitute “Citation and commencement”.
(3) Omit regulation 1(3) (expiry).
(4) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “authority-to-carry scheme”, for “28th January 2021” substitute “9th January 2023”.
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(1) The Authority to Carry Scheme and Civil Penalties Regulations 2021 are revoked.
(2) In respect of anything done in connection with the Authority to Carry Scheme and Civil Penalties Regulations 2021, the Authority to Carry Scheme (Civil Penalties) Regulations 2015 are to be read as if the amendments made by regulation 3 above had not been made.
Tom Tugendhat
Minister of State
Home Office
13th March 2023