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Section 16 Firearms and ammunition to which Part I applies

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(1)

This Part of this Act applies to all firearms as defined in section thirty-two of this Act, except the following weapons and component parts thereof and accessories thereto, namely—

(a)

a smooth bore gun having a barrel not less than twenty inches in length;

(b)

an air gun, air rifle or air pistol not being of a type declared by rules made by a Secretary of State under this Act to be specially dangerous.

(2)

This Part of this Act applies to all ammunition as defined in section thirty-two of this Act, except the following articles, namely—

(a)

cartridges containing five or more shot, none of which exceeds nine twenty-fifths of an inch in diameter;

(b)

ammunition for an air gun or air rifle or air pistol;

(c)

blank cartridges not exceeding one inch in diameter.

(3)

For the purpose of this section the diameter of a cartridge shall be measured immediately in front of the rim or cannelure of the base of the cartridge.