2399.1 When used in this chapter, and in forms prescribed under this chapter, where not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with the intent of the Act or this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed:

Business premises - the property on which a licensed, deadly weapons dealer's business is or will be conducted.

Dealer - any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in firearms, ammunition, or destructive devices at wholesale or retail; any person engaged in the business of repairing, testing, or analyzing firearms; any person engaged in the business of making or fitting special barrels, stocks, or trigger mechanisms for firearms or destructive devices; or any person repairing, testing, analyzing, or making any destructive device or ammunition.

Director - the commanding officer or acting commanding officer of the Identification and Records Division of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Explosive or explosives - any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that contains any oxidizing and combustible units, or other ingredients, in such proportion, quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, friction, concussion, percussion, or detonator, or any part of the compound or mixture, may cause a sudden generation of highly heated gasses that results in gaseous pressures capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb. (Art. 9, §3 of the Police Regulations)

Firearms Registration Section - a part of the Identification and Records Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, located in Room 2058, 300 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Law enforcement officer - any person authorized by a unit of government to carry a firearm on public space and who is responsible for, and under a duty to, detect crimes and apprehend offenders. A law enforcement officer is not a commissioned special police officer or the equivalent.

Licensed dealer - a deadly weapons dealer licensed under the Act and this chapter.

Supervisor - the person in charge of the Firearms Registration Section.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 23 DCR 8942 (May 6, 1977), incorporating text of the Proposed Rulemaking published at 23 DCR 7061 (March 4, 1977), 35 DCRR §301, November 1980, Special Edition; as amended by Article 9, §3 of the Police Regulations (May 1981).