1989 No. 1673 (c. 56)
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order (Amendment) Order 1989
Made 13th September 1989

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 27(3) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988, I hereby make the following Order:
1988 c. 45.

1 This Order may be cited as the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order (Amendment) Order 1989.
2 In this Order “the 1988 Act” means the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988.
3 The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1989 shall be amended as follows:
(a) in article 7 (commencement of section 20(1) and (2) of the 1988 Act for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of State to make an order to come into force on 1st October 1989) for the words “expressed to come into force on 1st October 1989” there shall be substituted the words “to come into force on the date on which section 20 of the 1988 Act comes into force for all other purposes”, and
(b) in Part II of the Schedule (provisions of the 1988 Act coming into force on 1st October 1989) the entry relating to section 20 of the 1988 Act (removal of arms and ammunition to Northern Ireland) shall be omitted.
S.I.1989/853.
Home Office
Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 13th September 1989

This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends provisions of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (Commencement No.2) Order 1989 relating to section 20 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 which amends section 6 of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) in respect of the Secretary of State’s power to make an order controlling movements of firearms and ammunition between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The effect of this Order is twofold. First section 20 of the 1988 Act will not come fully into force on 1st October 1989 as provided by the earlier commencement order. Secondly, insofar as section 20 is already in force for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of State to make an order, any such order will, as a consequence, come into force not on 1st October 1989 but on the date on which section 20 comes into force for all other purposes.50p net