54 Prohibition of certain firearms etc: England and Wales and Scotland
Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (2019 c 17) | Legislation

Part 6 Firearms

54  Prohibition of certain firearms etc: England and Wales and Scotland

(1)     The Firearms Act 1968 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 5 (weapons subject to general prohibition), in subsection (1), after paragraph (af) insert—

“(ag)     any rifle with a chamber from which empty cartridge cases are extracted using—

(i)     energy from propellant gas, or

(ii)     energy imparted to a spring or other energy storage device by propellant gas,

other than a rifle which is chambered for .22 rim-fire cartridges;”.

(3)     In section

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