Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997

Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 45)

15 The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 shall be amended as follows.

16 In section 7(1) (conversion not to affect classification), for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(a) has at any time (whether before or after the passing of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997) been a weapon of a kind described in section 5(1) or (1A) of the principal Act (including any amendments to section 5(1) made under section 1(4) of this Act);”.

17 In section 11(1) (co-terminous certificates) for the words “subsection (3), or in an order made under subsection (3A) of section 26” there shall be substituted the words “subsection (1), or in an order made under subsection (3) of section 28A”.

18 In section 12 (revocation of certificates) in subsection (1), for the words “under section 30(1)(a) or (2)”, there shall be substituted the words “under section 30A(2), (3) or (4) or 30C”.

19 In section 17(10) and paragraph 4(1) of the Schedule, for the words “to make any statement which he knows to be false” there shall be substituted the words “knowingly or recklessly to make a statement false in any material particular”.

20 In section 22(1)(c) (firearms consultative committee), for the words “the principal Act, the Firearms Act 1982 and this Act” there shall be substituted the words “the Firearms Acts 1968 to 1997”.