Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 853 (C.23)

The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1989

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1989 No. 853 (C.23)

ARMS AND AMMUNITION

The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1989

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 27(3) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988^[1], I hereby make the following Order:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1989.

    2.    In this Order "the 1968 Act" means the Firearms Act 1968^[2]and "the 1988 Act" means the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988.

    3.    Subject to the provisions of this Order-
 (a) the provisions of the 1988 Act specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st July 1989, and
 (b) the provisions of the 1988 Act specified in Part II of that Schedule shall come into force on 1st October 1989.

    4.    Where immediately before 1st July 1989 a person lawfully has a smooth-bore gun in his possession by virtue of a shot gun certificate held by him, sections 2(1) and (2) and 7(2) of the 1988 Act (which relate, respectively, to the re-definition of shot guns exempted from section 1 of the 1968 Act and to the conversion of a weapon to which that section applies) shall not have effect until 1st February 1990 in relation to the possession of the gun by that person and the gun shall be regarded until that date as a shot gun for the purposes of the renewal of any shot gun certificate held by him.

    5.    Section 3(2) of the 1988 Act (shot gun certificate to describe guns to which it relates) shall not have effect, in relation to a shot gun certificate granted or renewed before 1st July 1989, during the period for which the certificate was so granted or renewed.

    6.    Where a person holds a shot gun certificate which was granted or renewed before 1st July 1989, section 4(2)(b) and (3) of the 1988 Act (notification of transfers of shot guns) shall not have effect, in relation to the transfer of a shot gun to or by that person, during the period for which the certificate was so granted or renewed.

    7.    Section 20(1) and (2) of the 1988 Act (amendment of section 6 of the 1968 Act in respect of the power to control the movement of arms and ammunition between Great Britain and Northern Ireland) shall come into force on 1st July 1989 for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of State to make an order under subsection (1A) of section 6 of the 1968 Act, being an order which is expressed to come into force on 1st October 1989.

    8.    Section 23(8) of the 1988 Act (repeal of section 14 of the 1968 Act—exemption for persons temporarily in Great Britain) shall not have effect, in relation to a person who is in Great Britain on 1st October 1989, until 31st October 1989.

Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office

17th May 1989

[1] 1988 c. 45. back

[2] 1968 c. 27. back

Explanatory Note