PART 8Firearms
I1110Possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime
1
In section 21 of the Firearms Act 1968 (possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime), before subsection (3) there is inserted—
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Where—
a
a person has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three months or more, and
b
the sentence is suspended under section 189 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003,
the person shall not have a firearm or ammunition in his possession at any time during the period of five years beginning with the second day after the date on which the sentence is passed.
2
In section 58(2) of that Act (saving for antique firearms), for “Nothing in this Act” there is substituted
Apart from—
a
section 21 and Schedule 3, and
b
any other provision of this Act so far as it applies in relation to an offence under section 21,
nothing in this Act
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Where—
a
a person is in possession of a firearm or ammunition immediately before the day on which subsection (1) comes into force,
b
by reason of a sentence imposed before that day, subsection (1) would (but for this subsection) make the person's possession of the firearm or ammunition subject to a prohibition under section 21 of the Firearms Act 1968, and
c
the person's possession of the firearm or ammunition immediately before that day is authorised by a certificate within the meaning given in section 57(4) of that Act,
the prohibition does not apply while the certificate remains in force.