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Persons
Prohibited by Section 21 of the Firearms Acts from Possessing or Handling
Firearms, Ammunition and Air-weapons.
A person who has been sentenced to
preventive detention, imprisonment or to corrective training for a term of three
years or more; or who has been sentenced to be detained in a young offenders
institution in Scotland, shall not, at any time,
have a firearm or ammunition in his/her possession.
This means for life
and includes all firearms, even air weapons.
A person who has been sentenced to borstal
training, to corrective training for less than three years,
or to imprisonment for a term of three months or more,
but less than three years; or who has been sentenced to be detained for such a
term in a detention centre or in a young offenders institution in Scotland,
shall not at any time before the expiration of a period of five
years, from the date of his/her release,
have a firearm or ammunition in his/her possession.
It is also an offence for a person to sell or transfer a firearm or ammunition to, or repair, test or prove a firearm or ammunition for, a person whom he/she knows or has reasonable grounds for believing to be prohibited from having a firearm or ammunition in his possession.
The Club’s membership
application form requires you to disclose any conviction or current police
investigation and failure to do so will invalidate your application. Signing the
form also declares that you are not prohibited from possessing firearms or
ammunition by virtue of Section 21.
Please note that under Home
Office criteria for target clubs, the Club must notify the police of new
members. Under the Firearms Acts no conviction may be considered as ‘spent’
where applications to possess firearms are concerned and the police will notify
the Club if they feel that a persons record or background would render them
unsuitable to possess firearms.