Section 33 General savings

Nothing, in this Act shall affect any order, rule or Act of Sederunt made, certificate granted, notice, direction or approval given or thing done under the Firearms Act, 1920, as amended by any subsequent enactment, and every such order, rule, Act, certificate, notice, direction or approval shall, if in force at the commencement of this Act, continue in force and, so far as it could have been made, granted, issued or given under this Act, have effect as if made, granted, issued or given under the corresponding enactment of this Act.

Any register kept under subsection (6) of section two or under section eight of the Firearms Act, 1920, shall be deemed to have been kept under the corresponding provision of this Act.

Any document referring to the Firearms Act, 1920, or any Act amending that Act shall be construed as referring to the corresponding enactment of this Act.

Nothing in this Act shall apply to the proof houses of the Master, Wardens and Society of the Mystery of Gunmakers of the City of London and the guardians of the Birmingham proof house or the rifle range at Small Heath in Birmingham where firearms are sighted and tested, so as to interfere in any way with the operations of those two companies in proving firearms under the provisions of the 31 & 32 Vict. c. cxiii.Gun Barrel Proof Act, 1868, or any other Acts for the time being in force, or to any person carrying firearms to or from any such proof house when being taken to such proof house for the purposes of proof or being removed therefrom after proof.

Nothing in this Act relating to firearms shall apply to an antique firearm, which is sold, transferred, purchased, acquired, or possessed as a curiosity or ornament.

The provisions of this Act relating to ammunition shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any enactment relating to the keeping and sale of explosives.

Nothing in this section shall be taken to prejudice the provisions of section thirty-eight of the 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.Interpretation Act, 1889.