2(1)In section 3(5) (false statements with a view to purchasing or acquiring firearm etc.), for the words “makes any false statement” there shall be substituted the words “ knowingly or recklessly makes a statement false in any material particular ”.E+W+S
(2)In section 7(2), 9(3), 13(2) and 29(3) (all of which concern false statements), for the words “to make any statement which he knows to be false” there shall be substituted the words “ knowingly or recklessly to make a statement false in any material particular ”.
(3)In section 39(1) (offences in connection with registration of dealers), for the words “makes any statement which he knows to be false” there shall be substituted the words “ knowingly or recklessly makes a statement false in any material particular ”.