Parliament today passed changes to the law on weapons, ammunition, explosives and fireworks at second reading, BTA reported.

Fireworks will be banned in built-up areas during rest hours. Each municipal council will set those hours by ordinance.

MPs also made it a duty to declare the type of suppressors (silencers).

The interior ministry will set up and run a single automated electronic register for activities under the law. Production of weapons, ammunition, explosives and fireworks is not covered by it. The register is an information fund under the Law on the Interior Ministry.

It will hold identification data on firearms and their ammunition and on explosives, as well as the category of fireworks from the permits issued. It will also record the type, make, calibre and serial number of air guns, blank-firing weapons and signal weapons.

Anyone who wants to produce explosives, weapons, ammunition and fireworks must have their own or rented mobile production units (transport installations) for explosives. These are designed and built for loading and producing directly in a blast hole and/or borehole, and must have a certificate of conformity confirming they are fit for use.

The changes cut red tape. Holders of permits to acquire, store, carry and use firearms and ammunition will no longer have to submit papers on a change of permanent address. They will also no longer have to notify the economy ministry in writing or electronically when their company registration changes.

Applicants will not have to submit documents. They will only give the number and date of the permit to use the sites. Where the Spatial Planning Act requires it, they will give a copy of the document that replaces it and the body that issued it. The number and date of the certificate of conformity for the mobile explosives production unit will also be enough.