
1 
This Order may be cited as the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (Commencement) (No. 1) Order 1997.
2 
Sections 16 (Payments in respect of prohibited small firearms and ammunition), 17 (Payments in respect of ancillary equipment) and 18 (Parliamentary control of compensation schemes) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 shall, for the purposes only of making a compensation scheme, come into force on 17th March 1997.
Michael Howard
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
15th March 1997