Paragraph 16

In section 7(1) (conversion not to affect classification), for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(a)

has at any time (whether before or after the passing of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997) been a weapon of a kind described in section 5(1) or (1A) of the principal Act (including any amendments to section 5(1) made under section 1(4) of this Act);”.