SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 20Detention under section 250 and minimum sentences: firearms offences

PART 1Offences

I1C11

An offence under section 5(1)(a), (ab), (aba), (ac), (ad), (ae), (af) or (c) of the Firearms Act 1968 (offence of having in possession, purchasing or acquiring weapon or ammunition) committed on or after 22 January 2004.

F41A

An offence under section 5(1)(ag) or (ba) of the Firearms Act 1968 committed on or after F76th April 2022.

I52

An offence under section 5(1A)(a) of the Firearms Act 1968 (offence of having in possession, purchasing or acquiring firearm disguised as another object) committed on or after 22 January 2004.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I5

Sch. 20 para. 2 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

I43

An offence under section 5(2A) of the Firearms Act 1968 (manufacture, sale or transfer of firearm or ammunition, or possession etc for sale or transfer)F1—

a

committed in respect of a relevant firearm or relevant ammunition, or

b

committed on or after F26th April 2022 in respect of a firearm specified in section 5(1)(ag) or (ba) of the Firearms Act 1968.

I34

1

An offence under any of the provisions of the Firearms Act 1968 listed in sub-paragraph (2)F6—

a

committed on or after 6 April 2007 in respect of a relevant firearm or relevant ammunition, or

b

committed on or after F56th April 2022 in respect of a firearm specified in section 5(1)(ag) or (ba) of the Firearms Act 1968.

2

Those provisions are—

  • section 16 (possession of firearm or ammunition with intent to injure);

  • section 16A (possession of firearm with intent to cause fear or violence);

  • section 17 (use of firearm to resist arrest);

  • section 18 (carrying firearm with criminal intent);

  • section 19 (carrying a firearm in a public place);

  • section 20(1) (trespassing in a building with firearm).

I25

An offence under section 28 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (using someone to mind a weapon), whereF8—

a

the dangerous weapon in respect of which the offence was committed was a relevant firearm, or

b

the offence was committed on or after F36th April 2022 in respect of a dangerous weapon which was a firearm specified in section 5(1)(ag) or (ba) of the Firearms Act 1968.