SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 32Amendments relating to sentencing

Part 1General

Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27)

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Section 21 (possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime) is amended as follows.

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In subsection (3)(b), for “probation order” there is substituted “ community order ”.

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After subsection (3) there is inserted—

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In subsection (3)(b) above, “community order” means—

a

a community order within the meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 made in England and Wales, or

b

a probation order made in Scotland.

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