21 Possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime
Firearms Act 1968 (1968 c 27) | Legislation

21  Possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime

(1)     A person who has been sentenced [to custody for life or] to preventive detention, or to imprisonment or to corrective training for a term of three years or more [or to youth custody [or detention in a young offender institution] for such a term], or who has been sentenced to be detained for such a term in a young offenders institution in Scotland, shall not at any time have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.

(2)     A person who has been sentenced . . . to imprisonment for a term of three months or more but less than three years [or to youth custody [or detention in a young offender institution] for such a term], or who has been sentenced to be detained for such a term in a detention centre or in a young offenders institution in Scotland [or who has been subject to a secure training order] [or a detention and training order], shall not at any time before the expiration of the period of five years from the date of his release have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.

[(2A)     For the purposes of subsection (2) above, “the

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