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

6 Trophies of war. E+W+S

[F1 The authority of the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers] is not required by virtue of subsection (1)(aba) of section 5 of the 1968 Act for a person to have in his possession a firearm which was acquired as a trophy of war before 1st January 1946 if he is authorised by a firearm certificate to have it in his possession.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 6 substituted (14.7.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 109(3)(a), 185(1) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/949, art. 6(b)