Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (c. 5)

Part I E+W+S Prohibition of weapons and ammunition and control of small-calibre pistols

Special exemptions from prohibition of small firearms E+W+S

2 Slaughtering instruments. E+W+S

The authority of the Secretary of State [F1 or the Scottish Ministers (by virtue of provision made under section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998)] is not required by virtue of subsection (1)(aba) of section 5 of the 1968 Act—

(a) for a person to have in his possession, or to purchase or acquire, or to sell or transfer, a slaughtering instrument if he is authorised by a firearm certificate to have the instrument in his possession, or to purchase or acquire it;

(b) for a person to have a slaughtering instrument in his possession if he is entitled, under section 10 of the 1968 Act, to have it in his possession without a firearm certificate.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 2 inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, arts. 1(1), 6(1), Sch. 5 para. 18(2) (with art. 7); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3