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Amendments made: No. 117, in page 11, line 3, leave out from the beginning to end of line 4 and insert—
'(1) Section 5A of the 1968 Act (exemptions from requirement of authority under section 5) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (collections), after the words "subsection (2)" there shall be inserted the words "and (3A)".
(3)In subsection (3) (collectors), at the beginning there shall be inserted the words "Subject to subsection (3A) below," and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
(3A) Subsections (1) and (3) above do not apply in relation to the possession, purchase, acquisition, sale or transfer of expanding ammunition.
(4) In subsection (4) (shooting of animals)-'.
No. 118, in page 11, line 5, after 'paragraph (a)' insert
'after the word "certificate" there shall he inserted the words "or a visitor's firearm permit under section 17 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988" and'.
No. 119, in page 11, line 9, leave out from 'certificate' to end of line 12 and insert
'or permit is subject to a condition restricting the use of any expanding ammunition to use in connection with the lawful shooting of deer or the shooting of vermin or, in the course of carrying on activities in connection with the management of any estate, other wildlife'.
No. 120, in page 11, line 12, at end insert —
'( ) In subsection (5) (ammunition designed to be capable of being used with a slaughtering instrument), in paragraph (a) after the word "entitled," there shall be inserted the words "by virtue of a firearm certificate or".
( ) After subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
(5A) The authority of the Secretary of State shall not be required by virtue of subsection (1A) of section 5 of this Act for any person to have in his possession, or to purchase or acquire, or to sell or transfer, any expanding ammunition or the missile for such ammunition if—
- (a) he is authorised by a firearm certificate or visitor's firearm permit to have in his possession, or to purchase or acquire, any expanding ammunition; and
- (b) the certificate or permit is subject to a condition restricting the use of any expanding ammunition to use in connection with the humane killing of animals.'.— [Miss Widdecombe.]