8Power to remove prohibition under s.5 of the principal Act
(1)Any person prohibited under section five of the principal Act from having in his possession a firearm or ammunition may apply to the court of quarter sessions having jurisdiction in the county, borough or place in which he resides to remove the prohibition, and, if the application is granted, the said section five shall not apply to that person.
(2)Any such application shall be made in accordance with so much of the provisions of the First Schedule to this Act as relates to applications.