{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/schedule-8/part-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/schedule-8/part-III.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/8/part/III",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Increase in Penalties for Certain Firearms Offences",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\nEnactment creating offence\nPenalty enactment\nOld maximum term of imprisonment\nNew maximum term of imprisonment\nFIREARMS ACT 1968 (c.27).\nOffences under section 1(1) committed in an aggravated form within the meaning of section 4(4) (possessing etc. shortened shot gun or converted firearm without firearm certificate).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n5 years.\n7 years.\nOffences under section 1(1) in any other case (possessing etc. firearms or ammunition without firearm certificate).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under section 2(1) (possessing etc. shot gun without shot gun certificate).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under section 3(1) (trading in firearms without being registered as a firearms dealer).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under section 3(2) (selling firearms to person without a certificate).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under section 3(3) (repairing, testing etc. firearm for person without a certificate).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under section 3(5) (falsifying certificate, etc., with view to acquisition of firearm).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under section 4(1) (shortening a shot gun).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n5 years.\n7 years.\nOffences under section 4(3) (conversion of firearms).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n5 years.\n7 years.\nOffences under section 5(1) (possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n5 years.\n10 years.\nOffences under section 5(1A) (possessing or distributing other prohibited weapons).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n(a) On summary conviction, 3 months.\n(b) On conviction on indictment, 2 years.\n(a) On summary conviction, 6 months.\n(b) On conviction on indictment, 10 years.\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nOffences under section 20(1) (trespassing with firearm other than air weapon in a building).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n5 years.\n7 years.\nOffences under section 21(4) (contravention of provisions denying firearms to ex-prisoners and the like).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under section 21(5) (supplying firearms to person denied them under section 21).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under section 42 (failure to comply with instructions in firearm certificate when transferring firearm to person other than registered dealer; failure to report transaction to police).\nSchedule 6, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nFIREARMS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1981 (SI 1981/155 (NI 2))\nOffences under Article 3(1) (possessing etc. firearms or ammunition without firearm certificate).\nSchedule 2, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under Article 4(1) (trading in firearms without being registered as a firearms dealer).\nSchedule 2, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under Article 4(2) (selling firearms to person without a certificate).\nSchedule 2, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under Article 4(3) (repairing, testing etc. firearm for person without a certificate).\nSchedule 2, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under Article 4(4) (falsifying certificate, etc., with view to acquisition of firearm).\nSchedule 2, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under Article 5(1) (shortening a shot gun).\nSchedule 2, column 4.\n5 years.\n7 years.\nOffences under Article 5(3) (conversion of firearms).\nSchedule 2, column 4.\n5 years.\n7 years.\nOffences under Article 6(1) (possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition).\nSchedule 2, column 4.\n5 years.\n10 years.\nOffences under Article 6(1A) (possessing or distributing other prohibited weapons).\nSchedule 2, column 4.\n(a) On summary conviction, 3 months.\n(b) On conviction on indictment, 2 years.\n(a) On summary conviction, 6 months.\n(b) On conviction on indictment, 10 years.\nOffences under Article 22(5) (contravention of provisions denying firearms to ex-prisoners and the like).\nSchedule 2, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under Article 22(7) (supplying firearms to person denied them under Article 22).\nSchedule 2, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.\nOffences under Article 43 (failure to comply with instructions in firearm certificate when transferring firearm to person other than registered dealer; failure to report transaction to police).\nSchedule 2, column 4.\n3 years.\n5 years.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. 3 Table: entry relating to \"offences under section 19\" repealed (1.10.2007) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), ss. 65, 66(2)(3), Sch. 5; S.I. 2007/2518, art. 3(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. III wholly in force at 3.2.1995; Sch. 8 Pt. III not in force at Royal Assent see s. 172; Sch. 8 Pt. III in force at 3.2.1995 subject to savings by S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/schedule/8/part/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:43.965785+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}