We were represented recently by our chairman at a meeting with the Home Office. Once he has had a chance to digest the official minutes a statement will be made of any new or interesting developments.

The tone of the meeting would appear to have been more of a check on how things have progressed and are working in practise since the VCRA's introduction.

Please would game sites and retailers posting in forms and other information check they have put the correct postal payment on their envelopes.

Thank You

All registered UKARA game sites should now have received an email with directions and information to allow them to log into their own player database list.
If you have not received this email please contact UKARA admin, if you have but cannot access your player information it may be because you have not updated your site insurance expiry date which may have been passed, again contact UKARA admin.

UKARA was formed to help build a case against the banning of Replica Imitation Firearms as proposed in the VCR Bill and then went on to create a central registration system for UKARA sites and players to help members of those sites to work within the VCR Act.

Item 1

· It was agreed that UKARA is a Trade organisation and not a Police Force.

· Any issues relating to the breaking of UK laws should be dealt with by the judicial system and NOT by UKARA.

If you are a game site operator registered with UKARA you need to send in by post or email a copy of your current insurance certificate to UKARA Admin.

If you are registered and your insurance shows as expired on our records your players will be blocked from making purchases from UKARA retailers.

The blocking process is automatic by the database and can only be reset when the insurance cover is seen and entered with its new expiry date.

There still seems confusion on this.

To be registered on the UKARA database as a player you must play or have played a minimum, of three times in a period of time of not less than 2 months at one game site of whom you are a member.

We were asked to find out if Irish Republican players could visit sites north of the boarded and play and buy RiFs, or would they need to register at an Northern Ireland site in the method of 3 games in not less than 2 months and the reply I have below is from the NI Firearms office (NI HO).

We are further checking to see if the same ruling below will apply to all other EU counties as regards to entry to the UK

Having spoken to the the UK Home Office and the Northern Ireland equivalent, we have been assured that the allowance of a defence for Airsoft in the VCRB applies equally to Northern Ireland the same as to the UK mainland.

Would game sites please update UKARA Admin when their insurance come up with a renewal, the database automatically blocks further entries or searches under their registration code if the insurance is not valid.

Automatic reminder is issued by the database but in these days of spam filter's a physical check is always worth while.

There was a very successful UKARA meeting today 28th of January.
A synopsis of the policy decisions will appear here in due course.

At the meeting Frank Bothamley was elected to become UKARAs new Chairman.

Frank is a well know Airsoft retailer and Airsoft site operator of many years standing.