1997 No. 1536 (C.61)
The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (Commencement) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1997
Made
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 53(3) and (4) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 19971, I hereby make the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (Commencement) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1997.
2
For article 4 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 19972 there shall be substituted:
4
Sections 1(2) (prohibition of certain small firearms) and 9 (prohibition of expanding ammunition) of the 1997 Act shall not have effect until 1st October 1997 in relation to the possession, sale or transfer of a firearm or ammunition by a person who, immediately before 1st July 1997, has the firearm or ammunition in his possession by virtue of:
a
a firearm certificate or a visitor’s firearm permit, or
b
a permit issued under section 7 of the 1968 Act.
4A
Section 1(2) of the 1997 Act shall not have effect until 1st October 1997 in relation to the possession, purchase, acquisition, sale or transfer of a firearm by a registered firearms dealer.
(This note is not part of the Order)