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To ensure that these devices are held lawfully only by those with a legitimate purpose and who have been subject to full suitability checks to possess a firearm, it will also be made an offence for somebody to be in possession of a sound moderator for a Section 1 firearm unless they hold a valid certificate—either a firearm or a shotgun certificate. The offence relates to Section 1 firearms only, because the definition of a sound moderator in the Firearms Act relates to the definition of a firearm but not a shotgun or air weapon.