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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 1997 (“the Commencement (No. 2) Order”) by substituting, for article 4, new articles 4 and 4A with the effect that, in addition to the provision made by the existing article 4, the prohibition of firearms by s. 1(2) of the 1997 Act is not to have effect until 1st October 1997 in relation to the acquisition or purchase of a firearm by a registered firearms dealer.

(The Commencement (No. 2) Order brings section 1(2) of the 1997 Act into force on 1st July 1997, subject to the other provisions of that Order (including article 4).)