# Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997, Section 2: Slaughtering instruments.

Extent: E+W+S

The authority of the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers is not required by virtue of subsection (1)(aba) of section 5 of the 1968 Act—
(a) for a person to have in his possession, or to purchase or acquire, or to sell or transfer, a slaughtering instrument if he is authorised by a firearm certificate to have the instrument in his possession, or to purchase or acquire it;
(b) for a person to have a slaughtering instrument in his possession if he is entitled, under section 10 of the 1968 Act, to have it in his possession without a firearm certificate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/5/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-act-1997/section-2
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