24(1)The [1968 c. 27.] Firearms Act 1968 shall be amended as follows.
(2)In section 21 (possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime)—
(a)in subsection (2), after the word “Scotland” there shall be inserted the words “or who has been subject to a secure training order”; and
(b)for subsection (2A) there shall be substituted—
“(2A)For the purposes of subsection (2) above, “the date of his release” means—
(a)in the case of a person sentenced to imprisonment with an order under section 47(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (prison sentence partly served and partly suspended), the date on which he completes service of so much of the sentence as was by that order required to be served in prison;
(b)in the case of a person who has been subject to a secure training order—
(i)the date on which he is released from detention under the order;
(ii)the date on which he is released from detention ordered under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; or
(iii)the date halfway through the total period specified by the court in making the order,
whichever is the later.”.
(3)In section 52(1) (forfeiture and disposal of firearms), in paragraph (a), after the word “Scotland” there shall be inserted the words “or is subject to a secure training order”.