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Amendment of the Firearms Act 1968U.K.

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59.—(1) The Firearms Act 1968 M1 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 5A M2 (exemptions from requirement of authority under s.5), omit subsection (3).

(3) In section 22 (acquisition and possession of firearms by minors), omit subsection (1A) M3.

(4) In section 27 (special provisions about firearm certificates), omit subsection (1A) M4.

(5) In section 28 (special provisions about shot gun certificates), omit subsection (1C) M5.

(6) Omit section 32A (documents for European purposes) M6 and the italic cross-heading before that section.

(7) Omit section 32B (renewal of European firearms pass) M7.

(8) Omit section 32C (variation, endorsement etc. of European documents) M8.

(9) In section 42A (information as to transactions under visitors' permits) M9

(a)in subsection (1)(b)—

(i)omit “or (d)”;

(ii)omit “or purchases or acquisitions by collectors etc”;

(iii)for “the member States” substitute “ Great Britain ”;

(b)in subsection (2)(b), for “the member State” substitute “ Great Britain ”.

(10) In section 48 (production of certificates) M10

(a)omit subsection (1A);

(b)in subsection (2) omit “or document”;

(c)omit subsection (4).

(11) In section 57 (interpretation)—

(a)in subsection (4) M11, omit the following definitions—

(i)“another member State” and “other member States”;

(ii)“Article 7 authority”;

(iii)“European firearms pass”;

(b)omit subsection (4A) M12.

(12) In Part 1 of Schedule 6 (prosecution and punishment of offences) M13, in the table, omit the entries relating to sections 32B(5), 32C(6) and 48(4) of that Act.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 59 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

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M2Section 5A was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823. Relevant amendments were made by sections 108(5) and 109(2)(a) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12).

M3Section 22(1A) was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823.

M4Section 27(1A) was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823.

M5Section 28(1C) was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823 and amended by S.I. 2010/1759.

M6Section 32A was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823 and amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (c. 5).

M7Section 32B was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823.

M8Section 32C was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823 and amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (c. 5).

M9Section 42A was inserted by S.I 1992/2823 and amended by S.I. 2011/713.

M10Section 48(1A) was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823.

M11Section 57(4) was amended by S.I. 1992/2823.

M12Section 4A was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823.

M13The table in Part 1 of Schedule 6 was amended by S.I 1992/2823.

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