The Antique Firearms Regulations 2021

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2021-03-01
Last updated 2021-12-28
State In force
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Made: 1st March 2021

Coming into force: 22nd March 2021

In accordance with section 58(2G) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation, commencement, interpretation, extent and application

1

Cartridges specified under section 58(2B)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968

2

The description of cartridges specified for the purposes of section 58(2B)(b) of the 1968 Act are set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Firearms’ propulsion systems specified under section 58(2C) of the Firearms Act 1968

3

For the purposes of section 58(2C) of the 1968 Act, the following descriptions of firearms’ propulsion systems are specified—

Date of manufacture of a firearm specified under section 58(2D)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968

4

For the purposes of section 58(2D)(b) of the 1968 Act, the firearm must have been manufactured before 1st September 1939.

SCHEDULE

Centre-fire cartridges (imperial): breech-loading longarm firearms

1

The following descriptions of centre-fire cartridges (imperial)—

Centre-fire cartridges (metric): breech-loading longarm firearms

2

The following descriptions of centre-fire cartridges (metric)—

Centre-fire cartridges (imperial): breech-loading pistols

3

The following descriptions of centre-fire cartridges (imperial)—

Centre-fire cartridges (metric): breech-loading pistols

4

The following descriptions of centre-fire cartridges (metric)—

Cartridges for vintage rifles, punt guns or shot guns

5

The following descriptions of cartridges—

Signed

Kit Malthouse — Minister of State — Home Office — 2021-03-01

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

By virtue of section 58(2) of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) (“the 1968 Act”), antique firearms are exempt from most of the provisions of that Act if they are sold, transferred, purchased, acquired or possessed as a curiosity or ornament. Section 58(2A) of the 1968 Act provides that a firearm is an antique firearm for the purposes of section 58(2) if it meets a number of conditions.

These Regulations make specifications as to those conditions which are set out in section 58(2B), (2C) and (2D) of the 1968 Act.

Regulation 2 together with the Schedule provides a description of those cartridges for which the firearm’s chamber or (as the case may be) each of the firearm’s chambers is designed for use for the purposes of the condition in subsection (2B). These are cartridge types that are obsolete.

Regulation 3 provides a description of firearms’ propulsion systems for the purposes of the condition in subsection (2C).

Regulation 4 specifies as an additional condition for the purposes of subsection (2A)(b), that a firearm must be manufactured before 1 September 1939 in order to be an antique firearm.

A full impact assessment of the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from www.gov.uk. Hard copies can be obtained by writing to the Serious Violence Unit, Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, SW1P 4DF.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1968 c. 27. Sections 58(2B), (2C), (2D) and (2F) were inserted by section 126 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3).

Editorial notes

[^key-b4d5b7b3b85c81725b994fedc7f18198]: Reg. 1 in force at 22.3.2021, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-f71e95b670b6e17a4ab1f331882f5468]: Reg. 2 in force at 22.3.2021, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-efef6f1c590f7ea317647c666105cc7d]: Reg. 3 in force at 22.3.2021, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-8754923559833a56b2d8b24093db42ef]: Reg. 4 in force at 22.3.2021, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-61b4336624862afb084e59f529a7519c]: Sch. para. 1 in force at 22.3.2021, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-b9836509c59d2970623167de5db29c13]: Sch. para. 2 in force at 22.3.2021, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-b24bbe4a8f1ace5689f490d23462d52c]: Sch. para. 3 in force at 22.3.2021, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-565fa2473655b332c078b2f428768086]: Sch. para. 4 in force at 22.3.2021, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-b466e2bf57b29f1055929f3cb7840745]: Sch. para. 5 in force at 22.3.2021, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-0f892f73f804d0c7ed61611bad9e4b4b]: Word in Sch. para. 1 substituted (28.12.2021) by The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)

[^key-b3337dc8f8018430613b4d40f6fbfb6d]: Word in Sch. para. 1 substituted (28.12.2021) by The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)

[^key-68b75c6e767a246b206d8b820fd7ee1e]: Word in Sch. para. 1 inserted (28.12.2021) by The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(c)

[^key-d229e6fe6370a00b00d661bbcf1af0ce]: Word in Sch. para. 1 substituted (28.12.2021) by The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(d)

[^key-e9cb51dcefc258d696d5b02774a1f8e1]: Words in Sch. para. 1 omitted (28.12.2021) by virtue of The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(e)

[^key-0a5153b02861e492636366092f7f6f08]: Word in Sch. para. 1 substituted (28.12.2021) by The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(f)

[^key-e51aac1ef0ad20e067c5945caa4647f1]: Words in Sch. para. 1 substituted (28.12.2021) by The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(g)

[^key-16ceab01fb571efe82f85c21d1ef5639]: Word in Sch. para. 2 substituted (28.12.2021) by The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)

[^key-940151db7de84aca3e130e3c3d9fadf2]: Word in Sch. para. 2 inserted (28.12.2021) by The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)

[^key-8a7eade488165d25913700957792ae19]: Word in Sch. para. 2 inserted (28.12.2021) by The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(c)

[^key-1ad405fd6049bbb2b07284ece73f6134]: Word in Sch. para. 4 inserted (28.12.2021) by The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)

[^key-6ad07188bd10d62280e7f84cba3916bc]: Word in Sch. para. 4 omitted (28.12.2021) by virtue of The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(b)

[^key-9545cbb2bee57e48f66ed91ecb57a44e]: Word in Sch. para. 4 omitted (28.12.2021) by virtue of The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(c)

[^key-a7006dd989277bc1230597ef521e2f9a]: Word in Sch. para. 4 omitted (28.12.2021) by virtue of The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(d)

[^key-14904d54bfcaa4e26f924c09c4891bbc]: Word in Sch. para. 4 omitted (28.12.2021) by virtue of The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(e)

[^key-6d85cd490717a1169f804516cabc5ad6]: Words in Sch. para. 4 substituted (28.12.2021) by The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(f)

[^key-200f7b3a0a87a2cdc1b7d6a8903cfeb9]: Words in Sch. para. 5 substituted (28.12.2021) by The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1381), regs. 1(1), 2(5)

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