The Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/3114
• Sections: 5

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1997.

Section 2

In this Order “the 1997 (No. 2) Act ” means the Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997.

Section 3

The provisions of the 1997 (No. 2) Act specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 17th December 1997, save that:

(a) subsections (3) and (4) of section 2 shall come into force on that date for the purposes only of making a compensation scheme, and

(b) subsection (7) of section 2 shall come into force on that date to the extent only that it relates to the repeals listed in the said Part I.

Section 4

Subject to article 5 below the provisions of the 1997 (No. 2) Act specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st February 1998.

Section 5

The provisions referred to in article 4 above shall not have effect until 1st March 1998 in relation to—

(a) the possession, sale or transfer of a small-calibre pistol by a person who, immediately before 1st February 1998, has the pistol in his possession by virtue of:

(i) a firearm certificate or a visitor’s firearm permit, or

(ii) a permit issued under section 7 of the Firearms Act 1968 , or

(b) the possession, purchase, acquisition, sale or transfer of a small-calibre pistol by a registered firearms dealer.