PART 15 Firearms

CHAPTER 2 Amendment of legislation extending to England and Wales and Scotland

59 Amendment of the Firearms Act 1968
1 The Firearms Act 1968 is amended as follows.
1968 c. 27.
2 In section 5A (exemptions from requirement of authority under s.5), omit subsection (3).
Section 5A was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823. Relevant amendments were made by sections 108(5) and 109(2)(a) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12).
3 In section 22 (acquisition and possession of firearms by minors), omit subsection (1A) .
Section 22(1A) was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823.
4 In section 27 (special provisions about firearm certificates), omit subsection (1A) .
Section 27(1A) was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823.
5 In section 28 (special provisions about shot gun certificates), omit subsection (1C) .
Section 28(1C) was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823 and amended by S.I. 2010/1759.
6 Omit section 32A (documents for European purposes) and the italic cross-heading before that section.
Section 32A was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823 and amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (c. 5).
7 Omit section 32B (renewal of European firearms pass) .
Section 32B was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823.
8 Omit section 32C (variation, endorsement etc. of European documents) .
Section 32C was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823 and amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (c. 5).
9 In section 42A (information as to transactions under visitors' permits) —
(a) in subsection (1)(b)—
(i) omit “or (d)”;
(ii) omit “or purchases or acquisitions by collectors etc”;
(iii) for “the member States” substitute “ Great Britain ”;
(b) in subsection (2)(b), for “the member State” substitute “ Great Britain ”.
Section 42A was inserted by S.I 1992/2823 and amended by S.I. 2011/713.
10 In section 48 (production of certificates) —
(a) omit subsection (1A);
(b) in subsection (2) omit “or document”;
(c) omit subsection (4).
Section 48(1A) was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823.
11 In section 57 (interpretation)—
(a) in subsection (4) , omit the following definitions—
(i) “another member State” and “other member States”;
(ii) “Article 7 authority”;
(iii) “European firearms pass”;
Section 57(4) was amended by S.I. 1992/2823.
(b) omit subsection (4A) .
Section 4A was inserted by S.I. 1992/2823.
12 In Part 1 of Schedule 6 (prosecution and punishment of offences) , in the table, omit the entries relating to sections 32B(5), 32C(6) and 48(4) of that Act.
The table in Part 1 of Schedule 6 was amended by S.I 1992/2823.
Reg. 59 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1