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Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997

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1 Prohibition of small-calibre pistols.E+W+S

In paragraph (aba) of section 5(1) of the M1Firearms Act 1968 (which describes a category of prohibited weapons consisting of all firearms less than 30 cm. in barrel length or 60 cm. in overall length, other than specified kinds of firearm) the words “a small-calibre pistol” shall cease to have effect.

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I1S. 1 wholly in force at 1.3.1998; s. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 3(3); s. 1 in force for certain purposes at 1.2.1998 and at 1.3.1998 otherwise by S.I. 1997/3114, arts. 4, 5, Sch. Pt. II

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