Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988
Specially dangerous weapons
1 Prohibited weapons and ammunition.
Weapons requiring firearm certificate
2 Re-definition of exempted shot guns.
Shot guns
3 Grant and renewal of shot gun certificates.
4 Transfers of shot guns.
5 Restriction on sale of ammunition for smooth-bore guns.
Converted and de-activated weapons
6 Shortening of barrels.
7 Conversion not to affect classification.
8 De-activated weapons.
Firearm and shot gun certificates
9 Photographs on certificates.
10 Statements in support of applications for certificates.
11 Grant of co-terminous certificates.
12 Revocation of certificates.
Firearms dealers and other businesses
13 Firearms dealers.
14 Auctioneers, carriers and warehousemen.
Exemptions
15 Rifle and pistol clubs.
15A Coterminous pistol club licences and rifle club approvals.
16 Borrowed rifles on private premises.
16A Possession of firearms on service premises.
16B Possession of firearms on Ministry of Defence Police premises
17 Visitors’ permits.
18 Firearms acquired for export.
18A Purchase or acquisition of firearms in other member States.
19 Firearms and ammunition in museums.
Miscellaneous and supplementary
20 Removal of arms and ammunition to Northern Ireland.
21 Payments in respect of prohibited weapons.
22 Firearms consultative committee.
23 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
24 Expenses and receipts.
25 Interpretation and supplementary provisions.
26 Corresponding provisions for Northern Ireland.
27 Short title, citation, commencement and extent.
SCHEDULE Firearms and Ammunition in Museums
Museum firearms licences
1(1) The Secretary of State may, on an application in...
Variation and revocation
2(1) The Secretary of State may by notice in writing...
Fees
3(1) There shall be payable— (a) on the grant or...
Offences and enforcement
4(1) It is an offence— (a) for a person knowingly...
Museums to which this Schedule applies
5(1) This Schedule applies to the following museums— The Armouries,...
Interpretation
6In this Schedule references to the persons responsible for the...

Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988

1988 c. 45

An Act to amend the Firearms Act 1968 and to make further provision for regulating the possession of, and transactions relating to, firearms and ammunition.

I1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 27(3); Act wholly in force at 2.4.1991.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Act applied (E.W.S.) (1.7.1997) by 1997 c. 5, s. 50(2); S.I. 1997/1535, art. 3(b), Sch. Pt. I