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Firearms Act 1982

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 5 Cited in Amendments 7 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1982 c. 31
Year1982
it has the appearance of being a firearm to which section 1 of the 1968 Act (firearms requiring a firearm certificate) applies; andit is so constructed or adapted as to be readily convertible into a firearm to which that section applies.(2) Subject to section 2(2) of this Act and the following provisions of this section, the 1968 Act shall apply in relation to an imitation firearm to which this Act applies as it applies in relation to a firearm to which section 1 of that Act applies.(3) Subject to the modifications in subsection (4) below, any expression given a meaning for the purposes of the 1968 Act has the same meaning in this Act.the definition of air weapon in section 1(3) (b) of that Act (air weapons excepted from requirement of firearm certificate) shall have effect without the exclusion of any type declared by rules made by the Secretary of State under section 53 of that Act to be specially dangerous; andthe definition of firearm in section 57(1) of that Act shall have effect without paragraphs (b) and (c) of that subsection (component parts and accessories) .(5) In any proceedings brought by virtue of this section for an offence under the 1968 Act involving an imitation firearm to which this Act applies, it shall be a defence for the accused to show that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the imitation firearm was so constructed or adapted as to be readily convertible into a firearm to which section 1 of that Act applies.it can be so converted without any special skill on the part of the person converting it in the construction or adaptation of firearms of any description; andthe work involved in converting it does not require equipment or tools other than such as are in common use by persons carrying out works of construction and maintenance in their own homes.

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