Clause 44 - Prohibition of certain air weapons
Anti-social Behaviour Bill
2:45 pm
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Coventry North East, Labour)
I beg to move amendment No. 239, in
clause 44, page 34, line 4, at end insert-
'(2A) In section 5 (weapons subject to general prohibition) after subsection (1)(ae) insert-
''(af) any air rifle, air gun or air pistol which uses, or is designed or adapted for use with, a selfcontained gas cartridge system (whether powered by air or carbon dioxide);''.
(2B) If at the time when subsection (2A) comes into force a person has in his possession an air rifle, air gun or air pistol of the kind described in section 5(1)(af) of the Firearms Act 1968 (c.27) (inserted by subsection (2A) above)-
(a) section 5(1) of that Act shall not prevent the person's continued possession of the air rifle, air gun or air pistol,
(b) section 1 of that Act shall apply, and
(c) a chief officer of police may not refuse to grant or renew, and may not revoke or partially revoke, a firearm certificate under Part II of that Act on the ground that the person does not have a good reason for having the air rifle, air gun or air pistol in his possession.
(2C) But subsection (2B)(a) to (c) shall not apply to possession in the circumstances described in section 8 of that Act (authorised dealing).'.