SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Serious offences

Part 1Serious offences in England and Wales

F1Firearms offences

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

Sch. 1 para. 3 and cross-heading substituted (3.5.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 47(3), 88(1); S.I. 2015/820, reg. 2(f)

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1

An offence under any of the following provisions of the Firearms Act 1968—

a

section 1(1) (possession etc of firearms or ammunition without certificate);

b

section 2(1) (possession etc of shot gun without certificate);

c

section 3(1) (dealing etc in firearms or ammunition by way of trade or business without being registered);

d

section 5(1), (1A) or (2A) (possession, manufacture etc of prohibited weapons).

2

An offence under either of the following provisions of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 if it is committed in connection with a firearm or ammunition—

a

section 68(2) (exportation of prohibited or restricted goods);

b

section 170 (fraudulent evasion of duty etc ).

3

In sub-paragraph (2) “ firearm ” and “ ammunition ” have the same meanings as in section 57 of the Firearms Act 1968.