The Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2017

• Citation: S.I. 2017/452
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2017.

(2) This Order comes into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which it is made.

(3) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland only.

Section 2 Offence of taking in pawn air weapons

(1) The Firearms Act 1968 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 3 (business and other transactions with firearms and ammunition) , after subsection (6) insert—

(7) It is an offence for a pawnbroker to take in pawn an air weapon within the meaning of section 1 of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 .

(8) Subsection (7) applies to Scotland only.

(3) In the table in Part 1 of Schedule 6 (prosecution and punishment of offences) , after the entry for section 3(6) insert—

Section 3 Forfeiture and disposal of firearms and cancellation of certificates

In section 52 of the Firearms Act 1968 (forfeiture and disposal of firearms; cancellation of certificate by convicting court) , after subsection (1) insert—

(1ZA) Where—

(a) a person is convicted as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) by or before a court in England and Wales, or

(b) an order of the kind mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (c) is made in relation to a person by a court in England and Wales,

the court may cancel any air weapon certificate granted to the person under section 5 of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 which has not expired or been revoked or cancelled.

(1ZB) Where a person is convicted of an offence under Part 1 of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015, the court by or before which the person is convicted may make such order as to the forfeiture or disposal of any firearm (other than an air weapon within the meaning of section 1 of that Act) or ammunition found in the person’s possession as the court thinks fit.