Weapons Act 1990

This section applies to a person who—

immediately before the commencement of this section, is the holder of a collector’s licence (weapons); and

lawfully possesses 1 or more temporarily inoperable modern handguns under that licence.

The person does not contravene the condition mentioned in section 138(2) only because the person is in possession of a temporarily inoperable modern handgun during the amnesty period.

However before the end of the amnesty period, the person must—

lawfully dispose of all temporarily inoperable modern handguns that the person possesses; or

apply for an endorsement on the licence of the type mentioned in section 138(4); or

otherwise apply for a licence, other than a collector’s licence (weapons) that, if granted, would authorise the person to possess the temporarily inoperable modern handguns; or

make the temporarily inoperable modern handguns permanently inoperable.

At the end of the amnesty period, neither this section nor the person’s licence authorises the person to possess a temporarily inoperable modern handgun if—

the person has not complied with subsection (3) before the end of the amnesty period; or

the person applied for an endorsement on the licence of the type mentioned in section 138(4), or for another type of licence, but the application was refused.

If the person applied for an endorsement on the licence of the type mentioned in section 138(4), or for another type of licence, and the application was not granted or refused before the end of the amnesty period, the person does not contravene the condition mentioned in section 138(2) if—

the person is in possession of a temporarily inoperable modern handgun until 7 days after the person is given notice that the application is refused; and

before the end of the 7 days mentioned in paragraph (a), the person lawfully disposes of the modern handgun.