34.— Section 2 of the Act of 1925 is amended—

(a) in subsection (5)(a), by the substitution of “, (j) or (k)” for “or (j)”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (6):

“(7) The superintendent of any district may authorise the Board of the National Museum in writing to possess for a specified period a firearm that is a museum heritage object within the meaning of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997.”.