Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 77, Sch. 14 para. 24(a)

Words inserted (E.W.) by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123(6), Sch. 8 paras. 6, 16

Words repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123(6), 170(2), Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 16

Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 77, Sch. 14 para. 24(b)

Words inserted (E.W.) by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), s. 123(6), Sch. 8 paras. 6, 16

Words in s. 21(2) inserted (1.3.1998) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(2), Sch. 10 para. 24(2)(a); S.I. 1998/277, art. 3(2)

Words in s. 21(2) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para. 14(1); S.I. 1999/3426, art. 3(b)

S. 21(2A) substituted (1.3.1998) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(2), Sch. 10 para. 24(2)(b); S.I. 1998/277, art. 3(2)

S. 21(2A)(c) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para. 14(2); S.I. 1999/3426, art. 3(b)

Words in s. 21(2A)(c)(ii) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168, Sch. 9 para. 31

S. 21(2B) inserted (26.1.2004 for certain purposes and 4.4.2005 in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 304, 336(3), Sch. 32 para. 12(3); S.I. 2003/3282, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 42(7) (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2)

1933 c. 12.

1937 c. 37.

S. 21(3A) inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), ss. 29, 66(7)(a)

Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), ss. 29, 66(7)(a)

Words substituted by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), s. 56(2), Sch. 9 Pt. II

S. 21(2A)(d) inserted (26.1.2004 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 304, 336(3), Sch. 32 para. 12(2); S.I. 2003/3282, art. 2, Sch.

Word in s. 21(6) inserted (26.1.2004 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 304, 336(3), Sch. 32 para. 12(6); S.I. 2003/3282, art. 2, Sch.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/21/2004-01-26Firearms Act 1968An Act to consolidate the Firearms Acts 1937 and 1965, the Air Guns and Shot Guns, etc. , Act 1962, Part V of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and certain enactments amending the Firearms Act 1937.1978-08-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-172004-01-26Part I Provisions as to Possession, Handling and Distribution of Weapons and Ammunition; Prevention of Crime and Measures to Protect Public Safety Prevention of crime and preservation of public safety
21 Possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime.1

A person who has been sentenced to custody for life or to preventive detention, or to imprisonment or to corrective training for a term of three years or more or to youth custody or detention in a young offender institution for such a term, or who has been sentenced to be detained for such a term in a young offenders institution in Scotland, shall not at any time have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.

2

A person who has been sentenced . . . to imprisonment for a term of three months or more but less than three years or to youth custody or detention in a young offender institution for such a term, or who has been sentenced to be detained for such a term in a detention centre or in a young offenders institution in Scotland or who has been subject to a secure training order or a detention and training order, shall not at any time before the expiration of the period of five years from the date of his release have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.

2A

For the purposes of subsection (2) above, “the date of his release” means—

a

in the case of a person sentenced to imprisonment with an order under section 47(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (prison sentence partly served and partly suspended), the date on which he completes service of so much of the sentence as was by that order required to be served in prison;

b

in the case of a person who has been subject to a secure training order—

i

the date on which he is released from detention under the order;

ii

the date on which he is released from detention ordered under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; or

iii

the date halfway through the total period specified by the court in making the order,

whichever is the later.

c

in the case of a person who has been subject to a detention and training order—

i

the date on which he is released from detention under the order;

ii

the date on which he is released from detention ordered under section 104 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000; or

iii

the date of the half-way point of the term of the order,

whichever is the later.

d

in the case of a person who has been subject to a sentence of imprisonment to which an intermittent custody order under section 183(1)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 relates, the date of his final release.

2B

A person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment to which an intermittent custody order under section 183 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 relates shall not during anylicence period specified for the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(i) of that section have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.

3

A person who—

a

is the holder of a licence issued under section 53 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 or section 57 of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 (which sections provide for the detention of children and young persons convicted of serious crime, but enable them to be discharged on licence by the Secretary of State); or

b

is subject to a recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour, a condition of which is that he shall not possess, use or carry a firearm, or is subject to a probation order containing a requirement that he shall not possess, use or carry a firearm; or

c

has, in Scotland, been ordained to find caution a condition of which is that he shall not possess, use or carry a firearm;

shall not, at any time during which he holds the licence or is so subject or has been so ordained, have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.

3A

Where by section 19 of the Firearms Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, or by any other enactment for the time being in force in Northern Ireland and corresponding to this section, a person is prohibited in Northern Ireland from having a firearm or ammunition in his possession, he shall also be so prohibited in Great Britain at any time when to have it in his possession in Northern Ireland would be a contravention of the said section 19 or corresponding enactment;

4

It is an offence for a person to contravene any of the foregoing provisions of this section.

5

It is an offence for a person to sell or transfer a firearm or ammunition to, or to repair, test or prove a firearm or ammunition for, a person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believing to be prohibited by this section from having a firearm or ammunition in his possession.

6

A person prohibited under subsection (1), (2) , (2B)(3) or (3A) of this section from having in his possession a firearm or ammunition may apply to the Crown Court or, in Scotland, in accordance with Act of Sederunt to the sheriff for a removal of the prohibition; and if the application is granted that prohibition shall not then apply to him.

7

Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the courts with jurisdiction to entertain an application under this section and to the procedure appertaining thereto.

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Words inserted by
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,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/section/77">s. 77</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/schedule/14/paragraph/24">Sch. 14 para. 24</ref>
(
<em>a</em>
)
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c9810121">
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Words inserted (E.W.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33">Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/123/6">ss. 123(6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/schedule/8/paragraph/6">Sch. 8 paras. 6</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/schedule/8/paragraph/16">16</ref>
</p>
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c9810131">
<p>
Words repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33">Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/123/6">ss. 123(6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/170/2">170(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/schedule/8/paragraph/16">Sch. 8 para. 16</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/schedule/16">Sch. 16</ref>
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Words inserted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48">Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/section/77">s. 77</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/schedule/14/paragraph/24">Sch. 14 para. 24</ref>
(
<em>b</em>
)
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Words inserted (E.W.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33">Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/123/6">s. 123(6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/schedule/8/paragraph/6">Sch. 8 paras. 6</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/schedule/8/paragraph/16">16</ref>
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</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c9810161">
<p>
Words in s. 21(2) inserted (1.3.1998) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/33">1994 c. 33</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/33/section/168/2">s. 168(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/33/schedule/10/paragraph/24/2/a">Sch. 10 para. 24(2)(a)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/277">S.I. 1998/277</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/277/article/3/2">art. 3(2)</ref>
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c9810171">
<p>
Words in s. 21(2) inserted (1.4.2000) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/37">1998 c. 37</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/37/section/119">s. 119</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/37/schedule/8/paragraph/14/1">Sch. 8 para. 14(1)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3426">S.I. 1999/3426</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3426/article/3/b">art. 3(b)</ref>
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</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c9810181">
<p>
S. 21(2A) substituted (1.3.1998) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/33">1994 c. 33</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/33/section/168/2">s. 168(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/33/schedule/10/paragraph/24/2/b">Sch. 10 para. 24(2)(b)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/277">S.I. 1998/277</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/277/article/3/2">art. 3(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c9810191">
<p>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/37">1998 c. 37</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/37/section/119">s. 119</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/37/schedule/8/paragraph/14/2">Sch. 8 para. 14(2)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3426">S.I. 1999/3426</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/3426/article/3/b">art. 3(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c9810201">
<p>
Words in s. 21(2A)(c)(ii) substituted (25.8.2000) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/6">2000 c. 6</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/6/section/165">ss. 165</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/6/section/168">168</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/6/schedule/9/paragraph/31">Sch. 9 para. 31</ref>
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c18279192">
<p>
S. 21(2B) inserted (26.1.2004 for certain purposes and 4.4.2005 in so far as not already in force) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44">Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/section/304">ss. 304</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/section/336/3">336(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/32/paragraph/12/3">Sch. 32 para. 12(3)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3282">S.I. 2003/3282</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3282/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3282/schedule">Sch.</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/950">S.I. 2005/950</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/950/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/950/schedule/1/paragraph/42/7">Sch. 1 para. 42(7)</ref>
(subject to
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/950/article/2/2">art. 2(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/950/schedule/2">Sch. 2</ref>
)
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</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c9810211">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1933/12">1933 c. 12</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c9810221">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1937/37">1937 c. 37</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c9810231">
<p>
S. 21(3A) inserted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/71">Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/71/section/29">ss. 29</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/71/section/66/7/a">66(7)(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c9810241">
<p>
Words substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/71">Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/71/section/29">ss. 29</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/71/section/66/7/a">66(7)(a)</ref>
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</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c9810251">
<p>
Words substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/23">Courts Act 1971 (c. 23)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/23/section/56/2">s. 56(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/23/schedule/9/part/II">Sch. 9 Pt. II</ref>
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</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c18278901">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/27/section/21/2A/d">S. 21(2A)(d)</ref>
inserted (26.1.2004 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44">Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/section/304">ss. 304</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/section/336/3">336(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/32/paragraph/12/2">Sch. 32 para. 12(2)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3282">S.I. 2003/3282</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3282/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3282/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c18279271">
<p>
Word in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/27/section/21/6">s. 21(6)</ref>
inserted (26.1.2004 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44">Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/section/304">ss. 304</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/section/336/3">336(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/32/paragraph/12/6">Sch. 32 para. 12(6)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3282">S.I. 2003/3282</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3282/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3282/schedule">Sch.</ref>
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or a detention and training order
</ins>
</ins>
, shall not at any time before the expiration of the period of five years from the date of his release have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-21-2A">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25232 first">
<noteRef href="#c9810181" marker="F8" class="commentary attribute F"/>
2A
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25232">For the purposes of subsection (2) above, “</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-the-date-of-his-release">
<ins class="d29p25232">the date of his release</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p25232">” means—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-21-2A-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25232">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25232">in the case of a person sentenced to imprisonment with an order under section 47(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (prison sentence partly served and partly suspended), the date on which he completes service of so much of the sentence as was by that order required to be served in prison;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-21-2A-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25232">b</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25232">in the case of a person who has been subject to a secure training order—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-21-2A-b-i">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25232">i</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25232">the date on which he is released from detention under the order;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-21-2A-b-ii">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25232">ii</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25232">the date on which he is released from detention ordered under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-21-2A-b-iii">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25232">iii</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25232">the date halfway through the total period specified by the court in making the order,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25232 last">whichever is the later.</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-21-2A-c">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25275 first">
<noteRef href="#c9810191" marker="F9" class="commentary attribute F"/>
c
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25275">in the case of a person who has been subject to a detention and training order—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-21-2A-c-i">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25275">i</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25275">the date on which he is released from detention under the order;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-21-2A-c-ii">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25275">ii</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25275">the date on which he is released from detention ordered under </ins>
<ins class="d29p25275">
<ins class="d29p25294 first last">
<noteRef href="#c9810201" marker="F10" class="commentary attribute F"/>
section 104 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p25275">; or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-21-2A-c-iii">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25275">iii</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25275">the date of the half-way point of the term of the order,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25275 last">whichever is the later.</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-21-2A-d">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25307 first">
<noteRef href="#c18278901" marker="F15" class="commentary attribute F"/>
d
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25307 last">in the case of a person who has been subject to a sentence of imprisonment to which an intermittent custody order under section 183(1)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 relates, the date of his final release.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-21-2B">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25315 first">
<noteRef href="#c18279192" marker="F11" class="commentary attribute F"/>
2B
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25315 last">A person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment to which an intermittent custody order under section 183 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 relates shall not during anylicence period specified for the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(i) of that section have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-21-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>A person who—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-21-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
is the holder of a licence issued under section 53 of the
<noteRef href="#c9810211" marker="M1" class="commentary M"/>
Children and Young Persons Act 1933 or section 57 of the
<noteRef href="#c9810221" marker="M2" class="commentary M"/>
Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 (which sections provide for the detention of children and young persons convicted of serious crime, but enable them to be discharged on licence by the Secretary of State); or
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-21-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>is subject to a recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour, a condition of which is that he shall not possess, use or carry a firearm, or is subject to a probation order containing a requirement that he shall not possess, use or carry a firearm; or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-21-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>has, in Scotland, been ordained to find caution a condition of which is that he shall not possess, use or carry a firearm;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>shall not, at any time during which he holds the licence or is so subject or has been so ordained, have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-21-3A">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25353 first">
<noteRef href="#c9810231" marker="F12" class="commentary attribute F"/>
3A
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25353 last">Where by section 19 of the Firearms Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, or by any other enactment for the time being in force in Northern Ireland and corresponding to this section, a person is prohibited in Northern Ireland from having a firearm or ammunition in his possession, he shall also be so prohibited in Great Britain at any time when to have it in his possession in Northern Ireland would be a contravention of the said section 19 or corresponding enactment</ins>
;
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-21-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>It is an offence for a person to contravene any of the foregoing provisions of this section.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-21-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>It is an offence for a person to sell or transfer a firearm or ammunition to, or to repair, test or prove a firearm or ammunition for, a person whom he knows or has reasonable ground for believing to be prohibited by this section from having a firearm or ammunition in his possession.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-21-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>
A person prohibited under subsection (1), (2)
<ins class="d29p25381 first last">
<noteRef href="#c18279271" marker="F16" class="commentary attribute F"/>
, (2B)
</ins>
<ins class="d29p25384 first last">
<noteRef href="#c9810241" marker="F13" class="commentary attribute F"/>
(3) or (3A)
</ins>
of this section from having in his possession a firearm or ammunition may apply to
<ins class="d29p25388 first last">
<noteRef href="#c9810251" marker="F14" class="commentary attribute F"/>
the Crown Court
</ins>
or, in Scotland, in accordance with Act of Sederunt to the sheriff for a removal of the prohibition; and if the application is granted that prohibition shall not then apply to him.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-21-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the courts with jurisdiction to entertain an application under this section and to the procedure appertaining thereto.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
</part>
</portionBody>
</portion>
</akomaNtoso>