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The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/2522 · Made 18 September 2014

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Arms And Ammunition

Made 18th September 2014

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 181(2) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014f1, makes the following Order.

In accordance with section 182(2) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before both Houses of Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2014 c. 12.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Firearms Act 1968
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2Amendment to the Firearms Act 1968

(1)

The Firearms Act 1968f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 21(6)f2 (possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime), before “(3)” insert “(2C),”.

Signature

Norman Baker

Minister of State

Home Office

18th September 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order amends section 21(6) of the Firearms Act 1968. Section 21 deals with the prohibition on possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of criminal offences. Section 21(6) provides for a statutory right to apply to a court for the removal of the prohibition.

The effect of the amendment is that a right to apply to a court for the removal of the statutory prohibition will be conferred in cases where the individual concerned has received a suspended sentence of a minimum of 3 months duration. This amendment is consequential upon the provision in section 110(1) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, which amends section 21 of the Firearms Act 1968 by inserting a new subsection (2C) to apply the prohibition to suspended sentences cases.