Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1997 c. 5 |
(1) Section 5 of the (2) In subsection (1) (which describes weapons which are prohibited by section 5) , after paragraph (ab) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“ rifled gun ” .(4) In paragraph (ac) (self-loading and pump-action smooth-bore guns) after the word “not” there shall be inserted the words “ an air weapon or ” .(5) In paragraph (ad) (smooth-bore revolver guns) , for the words from “loaded” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ a muzzle-loading gun ” .(6) After subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following subsections—
- (aba) any firearm which either has a barrel less than 30 centimetres in length or is less than 60 centimetres in length overall, other than an air weapon, a small-calibre pistol, a muzzle-loading gun or a firearm designed as signalling apparatus;
- “(8) For the purposes of subsection (1) (aba) and (ac) above, any detachable, folding, retractable or other movable butt-stock shall be disregarded in measuring the length of any firearm.
- (9) Any reference in this section to a muzzle-loading gun is a reference to a gun which is designed to be loaded at the muzzle end of the barrel or chamber with a loose charge and a separate ball (or other missile) .
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