
1 
This Order may be cited as the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 1997.
2 
In this Order “the 1968 Act” means the Firearms Act 1968 and “the 1997 Act”means the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997.
3 
Subject to the provisions of this Order—
(a) sections 15 (surrender of prohibited small firearms and ammunition) and 51 (power to make transitional, consequential etc. provisions) of the 1997 Act shall come into force on 10th June 1997;
(b) the provisions of the 1997 Act specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st July 1997, and
(c) the provisions of the 1997 Act specified in Part II of that Schedule shall come into force on 1st October 1997.
4 
Sections 1(2) (prohibition of certain small firearms) and 9 (prohibition of expanding ammunition) of the 1997 Act shall not have effect until 1st October 1997 in relation to the possession, sale or transfer of a firearm or ammunition by a person who, immediately before 1st July 1997,
(a) has the firearm or ammunition in his possession by virtue of a firearm certificate or a visitor’s firearm permit;
(b) has the firearm or ammunition in his possession by virtue of a permit issued under section 7 of the 1968 Act, or
(c) has the firearm in his possession by virtue of being a registered firearms dealer.
5 
Section 1(3) of the 1997 Act (amendment of prohibition of self-loading and pump-action rifles) shall not have effect in relation to weapons prohibited by section 5(1)(aba) of the 1968 Act.
6 
Section 41 of the 1997 Act (appeals) shall not have effect in relation to a decision made by a chief officer of police before 1st July 1997.
Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
10th June 1997
SCHEDULE
PART I

Provision of the Act Subject matter of provisions
Section 1 Extension of s.5 of the Firearms Act 1968 to prohibit certain small firearms etc.
Section 2 Exemption for slaughtering instruments
Section 3 Exemption for firearms used for humane killing of animals
Section 4 Exemption for shot pistols used for shooting vermin
Section 5 Exemption for races at athletic meetings
Section 6 Exemption for trophies of war
Section 7 Exemption for firearms of historic interest
Section 8 Exemption for weapons and ammunition used for treating animals
Section 9 General prohibition of expanding ammunition etc.
Section 10 Expanding ammunition etc.; exemptions from prohibition
Section 16 (insofar as it is notalready in force) Payments in respect of prohibited small firearms and ammunition
Section 17 (insofar as it is not already in force) Payments in respect of ancillary equipment
Section 18 (insofar as it is not already in force) Parliamentary control of compensation schemes
Section 37 Applications for certificates and referees
Section 38 Grant of firearm certificates
Section 40 Revocation of certificates
Section 41 Appeals
Section 42 Authorised dealing with firearms by registered firearms dealers
Section 43 Power of search with warrant
Section 47 Museums eligible for a museum firearms licence
Section 48 Firearms powered by compressed carbon dioxide
Section 49 Financial provisions
Section 50 Interpretation and supplementary provisions
Section 52 (insofar as it relates to the provisions of Schedules 2 and 3 mentioned immediately below) Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
In Schedule 2—paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 Consequential and minor amendment
In Schedule 3—the entries relating to sections 5, 5A, 23 and 28 of the Firearms Act 1968, the entries relating to sections 9, 10 and 12 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 and the entry relating to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1992 Repeals
PART II

Provisions of the Act Subject matter of provisions
Section 32 Transfers of firearms etc. to be in person
Section 33 Notification of transfers including firearms
Section 34 Notification of de-activation, destruction or loss of firearms etc.
Section 35 Notification of events taking place outside Great Britain involving firearms etc.
Section 36 Penalty for offences under sections 32 to 35
Section 39 Register of holders of shotgun and firearm certificates
Section 44 Firearm certificates for certain firearms used for target shooting: special conditions
Section 45 Approved rifle clubs and muzzle-loading pistol clubs
Section 52 (insofar as it relates to the provisions of Schedules 2 and 3 mentioned below) Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
In Schedule 2—paragraphs 3, 5 and 6 Consequential and minor amendments
In Schedule 3—the entries relating to sections 42 and 54 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Firearms Act 1968, and the entry relating to section 4 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 Repeals