Consequential amendments and repeals
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The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 shall have effect subject to the following amendments.
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In section 15 (arrangements for the surrender of firearms prohibited by virtue of section 1 of that Act), after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—
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This section applies in relation to small-calibre pistols with the substitution for the reference in subsection (1) above to section 1 above of a reference to section 1 of the Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 (prohibition of small-calibre pistols).
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In section 16 (payments in respect of prohibited weapons), after subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
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This section applies in relation to small-calibre pistols surrendered at designated police stations in accordance with the arrangements made under section 15 above with the substitution—
a
for the reference in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) above to 16th October 1996 of a reference to 14th May 1997; and
b
for the reference in that subsection to section 1(2) above of a reference to section 1 of the Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 (prohibition of small-calibre pistols).
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In section 17 (payments in respect of ancillary equipment), after subsection (6) there shall be inserted—
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This section applies in relation to equipment designed or adapted for use in connection with small-calibre pistols with the substitution—
a
for the reference in subsection (2)(a) above to firearms prohibited by virtue of section 1(2) above of a reference to small-calibre pistols; and
b
for the reference in subsection (3)(a) above to 16th October 1996 of a reference to 14th May 1997.
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In section 18 (Parliamentary control of compensation schemes), for subsection (3) there shall be substituted—
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Subsections (1) and (2) above apply to an alteration to a compensation scheme as they apply to a compensation scheme.
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Section 51 (power to make transitional and consequential provisions, etc) shall apply in relation to the provisions of this Act as it applies to the provisions of that Act.
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The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are repealed to the extent specified in the third column.
1997 c. 5.