Objects and subjects of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police

Abstract

The study of objects and subjects of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police has determined the need to delimit the categories of objects and subjects with the categories “subjects” and “participants” of the procedures that are similar in meaning. As a result, taking into account the specifics of the content and essence of both of the specified types of procedures, a number of conclusions have been drawn.

1. A list of objects of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police has been created: 1) ensuring the implementation of operations with all objects covered by the permit system (firearms, cold weapons, pneumatic weapons, ammunition for them and their components, explosive materials, potent poisonous substances of safety class I–II, pathogens of infectious diseases I–II groups of pathogenicity and toxins), the functioning of shooting ranges, hunting and sports stands, enterprises and workshops for the manufacture and repair of firearms and cold weapons, pyrotechnic workshops, material part of weapons points of study, special tools, rules for handling them and their use, stores that sell weapons and ammunition for them, organizations engaged in the sale of potent poisonous substances, and laboratories working with pathogens of infectious diseases of the I–II pathogenicity group and toxins, warehouses, bases and premises for storage and use of entities of the permit system;
2. The subjects of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police have been defined. In the first case, they are copies, duplicates, reissued permits and licenses, that is, documents whose content either did not change at all or was partially changed (for example, regarding the identity of the owner), in the second case, they are original permit documents (permits and licenses).
3. The range of participants in registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police has been outlined: 1) the entity authorized to implement the specified types of procedures, i.e. units of the National Police of Ukraine; 2) natural and legal persons who receive these services; 3) third parties who facilitate the implementation of procedures.
4. The system of subjects of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police has been established: 1) the Department of Weapons Control of the National Police of Ukraine; 2) the arms control department of the Main Department of the National Police in the regions; 3) inspectors (senior inspectors) of the permit system service in district offices, divisions and police departments, as well as sectors of police activity in districts, cities, districts within cities.