Firearms Act 1965
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SCHEDULE 2 Increased sentences under principal Act
Section 7. Provision of principal Act | Old sentence | New sentence Section 1(2)(a) (Acquiring or possessing firearms or ammunition without a firearm certificate or otherwise than as authorised by such a certificate). | On summary conviction, imprisonment, for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £50 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both; and on conviction on indictment imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine or both. Section 1(2)(b) (Breach of conditions of a firearm certificate). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £50 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 2(10) (False statement for the purpose of procuring the grant, variation or renewal of a firearm certificate'). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 4(13) (False statement for the purpose of procuring permit for firearms or ammunition). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 7 (Manufacturing, dealing in, etc., firearms or ammunition without being registered as a firearms dealer, and false statement for the purpose of procuring an auctioneer's permit). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both; and on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine or both. Section 8(6) (False statement for the purpose of procuring registration as a firearms dealer). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 10(5) (Dealing in firearms at unregistered places of business; and false statements in connection with registration of places of business of firearms dealers). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 11 (Contravention of restrictions on disposal, repair and testing of firearms and ammunition; and false firearm certificates and false statements for the purpose of acquiring or procuring the repair or testing of firearms or ammunition). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both; and on conviction on indictment imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine or both. Section 12(4) (Failure to enter firearms transactions in register, and false entry in register). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 17(1) (Manufacturing, dealing in or possession of automatic and other prohibited weapons and prohibited ammunition without authority). | On conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, and on summary conviction imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both; and on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine or both. Section 17(4) (Breach of conditions of authority for use of automatic and other weapons). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 19 (Restrictions on acquisition by, and disposal to, young persons of firearms and ammunition). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 21 (Possession of firearms or ammunition by persons convicted of serious crime and disposal thereof to, and repair thereof for, such persons). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both; and on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine or both. Section 24 (Shortening shot guns and converting imitation into real firearms, and acquiring or possessing shortened shot guns and firearms so converted). | On conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding £100 or both, and on summary conviction imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £50 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both; and on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine or both.
SCHEDULE 2 Increased sentences under principal Act
Section 7. Provision of principal Act | Old sentence | New sentence Section 1(2)(a) (Acquiring or possessing firearms or ammunition without a firearm certificate or otherwise than as authorised by such a certificate). | On summary conviction, imprisonment, for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £50 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both; and on conviction on indictment imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine or both. Section 1(2)(b) (Breach of conditions of a firearm certificate). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £50 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 2(10) (False statement for the purpose of procuring the grant, variation or renewal of a firearm certificate'). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 4(13) (False statement for the purpose of procuring permit for firearms or ammunition). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 7 (Manufacturing, dealing in, etc., firearms or ammunition without being registered as a firearms dealer, and false statement for the purpose of procuring an auctioneer's permit). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both; and on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine or both. Section 8(6) (False statement for the purpose of procuring registration as a firearms dealer). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 10(5) (Dealing in firearms at unregistered places of business; and false statements in connection with registration of places of business of firearms dealers). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 11 (Contravention of restrictions on disposal, repair and testing of firearms and ammunition; and false firearm certificates and false statements for the purpose of acquiring or procuring the repair or testing of firearms or ammunition). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both; and on conviction on indictment imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine or both. Section 12(4) (Failure to enter firearms transactions in register, and false entry in register). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 17(1) (Manufacturing, dealing in or possession of automatic and other prohibited weapons and prohibited ammunition without authority). | On conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, and on summary conviction imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both; and on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine or both. Section 17(4) (Breach of conditions of authority for use of automatic and other weapons). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 19 (Restrictions on acquisition by, and disposal to, young persons of firearms and ammunition). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both. Section 21 (Possession of firearms or ammunition by persons convicted of serious crime and disposal thereof to, and repair thereof for, such persons). | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £20 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both; and on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine or both. Section 24 (Shortening shot guns and converting imitation into real firearms, and acquiring or possessing shortened shot guns and firearms so converted). | On conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding £100 or both, and on summary conviction imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding £50 or both. | On summary conviction, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding £200 or both; and on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine or both.
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