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Section 8: Authorised dealing with firearms.

Firearms Act 1968 · 1968 c. 27View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Provisions as to Possession, Handling and Distribution of Weapons and Ammunition; Prevention of Crime and Measures to Protect Public Safety

A person carrying on the business of a firearms dealer and registered as such under this Act, or a servant of such a person may, without holding a certificate—

have in their possession, purchase or acquire, a firearm or ammunition, or
have a relevant accessory in their possession,

in the ordinary course of that business.

Subsection (1) above applies to the possession, purchase or acquisition of a firearm or ammunition , or the possession of a relevant accessory, in the ordinary course of the business of a firearms dealer notwithstanding that the firearm , ammunition or relevant accessory is in the possession of, or firearm or ammunition is purchased or acquired by, the dealer or his servant at a place which is not a place of business of the dealer or which he has not registered as a place of business under section 33 or 37 of this Act.

It is not an offence under section 3(2) of this Act for a person—

to part with the possession of any firearm or ammunition, otherwise than in pursuance of a contract of sale or hire or by way of gift or loan, to a person who shows that he is by virtue of this Act entitled to have possession of the firearm or ammunition without holding a certificate; or
to return to another person a shot gun which he has lawfully undertaken to repair, test or prove for the other.

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