Firearms Act 1925

F35[Restriction on licensing of certain firearms.

2E

2E.(1) On and from 1 September 2019, no application for a firearm certificate in respect of a firearm classified in Category A of the Directive shall be considered by an issuing person.

(2) A firearm certificate in respect of a firearm classified in Category A of the Directive, other than a firearm to which subsection (3) applies, that is in force on 31 August 2019 shall, on and from 1 September 2019, stand revoked.

(3) A firearm certificate in respect of a firearm classified in point 6, 7 or 8 of Category A of the Directive that is in force on 29 February F36[2020] shall, on and from 1 March F36[2020], stand revoked.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F35

Inserted (1.09.2019) by European Communities (Acquisition and Possession Of Weapons And Ammunition) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 420 of 2019), reg. 10(d), in effect as per reg. 1(2).

F36

Substituted (27.04.2022) by European Union (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 209 of 2022), reg. 34(c).