http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/27AFirearms Act 1968An Act to consolidate the Firearms Acts 1937 and 1965, the Air Guns and Shot Guns, etc. , Act 1962, Part V of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and certain enactments amending the Firearms Act 1937.1978-08-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-07-10Expert Participation2026-06-29 Firearms Act 1968ActFirearms (Amendment) Act 1997s. 12(2)Firearms Act 1968s. 51(2A)Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997s. 62(1) Sch. 1 para. 3Firearms Act 1968Sch. 1 para. 6(fa)-(fc)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 11 para. 1(3)s. 255(1)Firearms Act 1968Blanket amendmentThe Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011art. 3 4art. 3(2)art. 3(3) 4(2) 6(4)(5)art. 2 Part II27A1This section applies to a firearm if it is a rifle from which a shot, bullet or other missile, with kinetic energy of more than 13,600 joules at the muzzle of the weapon, can be discharged.2The Secretary of State must by rules under section 53 prescribe conditions—asubject to which a firearm certificate relating to a firearm to which this section applies must be granted or renewed, andbwhich impose requirements as to the storage of a firearm to which this section applies and as to the security measures to be taken when such a firearm is in transit.3Before making rules under section 53 which prescribe conditions of the kind mentioned in subsection (2) the Secretary of State must consult such persons likely to be affected by the rules as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.S. 27A inserted (16.5.2019) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), ss. 61(2), 70(5)(l)