38 Qualification of Members of Birmingham Gun Trade. U.K.
The Qualification of a Member of the Birmingham Gun Trade shall be his being of full Age, and a Master Gunmaker or Master Gun Barrel Maker carrying on Business as a Master Gunmaker or Master Gun Barrel Maker in or within Ten Miles of F1...Birmingham, and his being rated to the Relief of the Poor in respect of the Premises where such Business is carried on by him upon an annual Value of not less than Twenty-five Pounds, and his being registered as a Member of the Birmingham Gun Trade as by this Act provided: Provided always, that if the Premises where such Business is carried on by any Master Gunmaker or Master Gun Barrel Maker be contiguous to his Place of Residence, and the same Premises are not assessed separately from the Residence, but are assessed with the Residence or any Part thereof, then the Amount of the Assessment shall for the Purpose of conferring such Qualification be deemed the annual rateable Value of the Premises only: Provided also, that no Bankrupt who has not obtained his Order of Discharge shall be qualified to be a Member of the Birmingham Gun Trade: Provided also, that the Expression “Master Gun Barrel Maker,” wherever used in this Act, shall include a Master Breechloading Action Maker, but shall not include any Person who, not being a Master Breechloading Action Maker, makes or wholly or partially completes in a finished State a Part or Parts only of Gun Barrels.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 38 repealed (1.12.1978) by Gun Barrel Proof Act 1978 (c. 9), s. 9(3), Sch. 4; S.I. 1978/1587, art. 2, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reference to full age to be construed as reference to age of 18 or over: Family Law Reform Act 1969 (c. 46), s. 1(1)(2)
C2Reference to rate for relief of poor to be construed as reference to general rate: General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9), s. 116(2)