Weapons Prohibition Act 1998

Body armour vests (or other similar article) designed for anti-ballistic purposes or similar purposes (such as protection against electroshock or conducted energy devices) and to be worn on (or to cover) any part of the body, but not including helmets or anti-ballistic articles used to protect the eyes or ears.

Handcuffs (including thumb and leg cuffs), being a set of ring-shaped shackles of any material (and connected by any means) that are designed to be worn on the wrists, thumbs or ankles (as the case requires), but not including—

antique handcuffs, or

handcuffs produced and identified as children’s toys, or

handcuffs that are designed to be released by the wearer (such as handcuffs used in theatrical productions).

Silencers or any other device designed for attachment to a firearm for the purpose of muffling, reducing or stopping the noise created by firing the firearm.

A detachable firearm magazine of any of the following kinds—

a rimfire rifle magazine with a capacity of more than 15 rounds,

a centre-fire self-loading rifle magazine with a capacity of more than 5 rounds,

a centre-fire rifle magazine (other than a self-loading rifle magazine) with a capacity of more than 10 rounds,

a shotgun magazine with a capacity of more than 5 rounds,

a tubular magazine extension that is capable of extending the capacity of any firearm,

a pistol magazine with a capacity of more than 10 rounds,

any magazine designed to be attached to any machine gun, sub-machine gun or other firearm that is capable of propelling projectiles in rapid succession following one pressure of the trigger.

Any article or device, such as a device known as a brass catcher, that is designed to be attached to a firearm for the purposes of catching ejected cartridge cases when the firearm is being fired.

Any portable tyre deflation device, or any other similar portable device, that is designed to puncture, or that has been adapted for the purposes of puncturing, the tyres of a motor vehicle when driven over the device.

Any article or device, such as a device known as a caltrop, that is made up of two or more sharp nails or spines arranged in such a manner that one of them always points upward however the article or device is placed and that is capable of puncturing the feet, paws or hooves of animals when they pass over the article or device.

A laser pointer, or any other similar article, that consists of a hand-held battery-operated device with a power output of more than 1 milliwatt, designed or adapted to emit a laser beam and that may be used for the purposes of aiming, targeting or pointing.

Any device (regardless of its composition) that is designed to propel or launch a bomb, grenade, rocket or missile by any means other than by means of an explosive, including a device known as a PVC cannon.

A bump stock or any other gunstock that is designed to enable the rapid and repeated firing of a self-loading firearm.