Section 5 Firearm
Definition
A firearm engaging a relevant prohibited-weapon provision of Great Britain’s Firearms Act 1968. The applicable subsection, authority and exceptions must be checked. The label does not establish unlawful possession in every circumstance and should not be applied as an identical Northern Ireland category.
For relevant small-firearm overall-length assessment, section 5(8) requires specified movable butt-stocks to be disregarded; an assumed fully extended stock measurement is not a universal rule. Use the actual statutory measurement provisions, specimen findings and uncertainty.
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