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Enactment creating offence | Penalty enactment | Old maximum term of imprisonment | New maximum term of imprisonment |
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FIREARMS ACT 1968 (c.27). |
Offences under section 1(1) committed in an aggravated form within the meaning of section 4(4)
(possessing etc. shortened shot gun or converted firearm without firearm certificate). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 5 years. | 7 years. |
Offences under section 1(1) in any other case (possessing etc. firearms or ammunition without firearm certificate). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under section 2(1)
(possessing etc. shot gun without shot gun certificate). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under section 3(1)
(trading in firearms without being registered as a firearms dealer). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under section 3(2)
(selling firearms to person without a certificate). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under section 3(3)
(repairing, testing etc. firearm for person without a certificate). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under section 3(5)
(falsifying certificate, etc., with view to acquisition of firearm). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under section 4(1)
(shortening a shot gun). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 5 years. | 7 years. |
Offences under section 4(3)
(conversion of firearms). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 5 years. | 7 years. |
Offences under section 5(1)
(possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 5 years. | 10 years. |
Offences under section 5(1A)
(possessing or distributing other prohibited weapons). | Schedule 6, column 4. | (a) On summary conviction, 3 months.(b) On conviction on indictment, 2 years. | (a) On summary conviction, 6 months.(b) On conviction on indictment, 10 years. |
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Offences under section 20(1)
(trespassing with firearm other than air weapon in a building). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 5 years. | 7 years. |
Offences under section 21(4)
(contravention of provisions denying firearms to ex-prisoners and the like). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under section 21(5)
(supplying firearms to person denied them under section 21). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under section 42 (failure to comply with instructions in firearm certificate when transferring firearm to person other than registered dealer; failure to report transaction to police). | Schedule 6, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
FIREARMS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1981 (SI 1981/155 (NI 2)) |
Offences under Article 3(1)
(possessing etc. firearms or ammunition without firearm certificate). | Schedule 2, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under Article 4(1)
(trading in firearms without being registered as a firearms dealer). | Schedule 2, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under Article 4(2)
(selling firearms to person without a certificate). | Schedule 2, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under Article 4(3)
(repairing, testing etc. firearm for person without a certificate). | Schedule 2, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under Article 4(4)
(falsifying certificate, etc., with view to acquisition of firearm). | Schedule 2, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under Article 5(1)
(shortening a shot gun). | Schedule 2, column 4. | 5 years. | 7 years. |
Offences under Article 5(3)
(conversion of firearms). | Schedule 2, column 4. | 5 years. | 7 years. |
Offences under Article 6(1)
(possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition). | Schedule 2, column 4. | 5 years. | 10 years. |
Offences under Article 6(1A)
(possessing or distributing other prohibited weapons). | Schedule 2, column 4. | (a) On summary conviction, 3 months.(b) On conviction on indictment, 2 years. | (a) On summary conviction, 6 months.(b) On conviction on indictment, 10 years. |
Offences under Article 22(5)
(contravention of provisions denying firearms to ex-prisoners and the like). | Schedule 2, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under Article 22(7)
(supplying firearms to person denied them under Article 22). | Schedule 2, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |
Offences under Article 43 (failure to comply with instructions in firearm certificate when transferring firearm to person other than registered dealer; failure to report transaction to police). | Schedule 2, column 4. | 3 years. | 5 years. |