Section 21 of the Firearms Act 1968 (Clay Pigeon Shooting only)
Section 21 of the firearms act 1968 states that a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three months or more but less than three years or who has been sentenced to be detained for such a term in a detention centre or in a young offenders institution, shall not at any time before the expiration of the period five years from the day after his/her release have a firearm or ammunition in his/her possession. The same applies for anyone who has received a suspended sentence.