Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015
Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (2015 asp 10)
- Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (2015 asp 10)
- PART 1 AIR WEAPONS
- Meaning of air weapon
- 1 Meaning of “air weapon”
- Air weapon certificates
- 2 Requirement for air weapon certificate
- 3 Application for grant or renewal of air weapon certificate
- 4 Verification of applications
- 5 Grant or renewal of air weapon certificate
- 6 Air weapon certificate: conditions
- 7 Special requirements and conditions for young persons
- 8 Duration of air weapon certificate
- 9 Alignment of different types of certificate
- 10 Variation of air weapon certificate
- 11 Revocation of air weapon certificate
- Permits
- 12 Police permits
- 13 Visitor permits
- 14 Visitor permits: young persons
- 15 Police and visitor permits: conditions
- 16 Police and visitor permits: variation and revocation
- 17 Event permits
- Air weapon clubs and recreational shooting facilities
- 18 Approval of air weapon clubs
- 19 Variation of approval
- 20 Duration of approval
- 21 Alignment of club approvals
- 22 Power to enter and inspect club premises
- 23 Requirements for recreational shooting facilities
- Transactions involving air weapons and commercial matters
- 24 Restrictions on transactions involving air weapons
- 25 Requirement for commercial sales of air weapons to be in person
- Enforcement
- 26 Power of search with warrant
- 27 Production of air weapon certificate
- 28 Cancellation of air weapon certificate
- 29 Forfeiture and disposal of air weapons
- Offences
- 30 Failure to keep air weapons secure or to report loss to police
- 31 False statements, certificates and permits
- 32 Time limit for offences
- 33 Offences by bodies corporate etc.
- General
- 34 Appeals
- 35 Fees
- 36 Power to make further provision
- 37 Crown application
- 38 Transitional arrangements for existing certificate holders
- 39 Guidance
- 40 Interpretation of Part 1
- PART 2 ALCOHOL LICENSING
- Licensing objectives
- 41 Licensing objectives: protecting young persons from harm
- Statements of licensing policy
- 42 Statements of licensing policy: licensing policy periods
- Fit and proper person test
- 43 Premises licence application: ground for refusal
- 44 Application to transfer premises licence: ground for refusal
- 45 Ground for review of premises licence
- 46 Personal licence applications and renewals: ground for refusal
- 47 Personal licence holders: procedure on receipt of notice of conviction
- 48 Personal licence holders: conduct inconsistent with the licensing objectives
- Transfer of premises licences
- 49 Transfer of premises licences
- Relevant offences and foreign offences
- 50 Premises licences: procedure in relation to relevant offences or foreign offences
- 51 Personal licences: procedure in relation to relevant offences or foreign offences
- 52 Relevant offences and foreign offences: spent convictions
- Supply of alcohol to a child or young person
- 53 Offences of supplying alcohol to a child or young person
- Miscellaneous
- 54 Meaning of “alcohol”: inclusion of angostura bitters
- 55 Overprovision
- 56 Duties of Licensing Boards to produce annual reports
- 57 Licensing Standards Officers: general function in relation to personal licences
- 58 Powers of Licensing Standards Officers
- 59 Interested parties
- 60 Personal licences: grant, duration and renewal
- 61 Processing and deemed grant of applications
- 62 Form etc. of communications under the 2005 Act
- PART 3 CIVIC LICENSING
- Taxis and private hire cars
- 63 Refusal to grant private hire car licences on grounds of overprovision
- 64 Testing of private hire car drivers
- 65 Exemptions from requirements of sections 10 to 21 of 1982 Act
- Metal dealers
- 66 Penalties for failure to have appropriate licence or comply with conditions
- 67 Removal of exemption warrants for certain metal dealers
- 68 Abolition of requirement to retain metal for 48 hours
- 69 Acceptable forms of payment for metal
- 70 Metal dealers and itinerant metal dealers: records
- 71 Register of dealers in metal
- 72 Interpretation of provisions relating to metal dealers etc.
- 73 Exemptions from requirements of sections 28 to 37 of 1982 Act
- Public entertainment venues
- 74 Licensing of theatres etc.
- 75 Restriction of exemption from requirement for public entertainment licence
- Sexual entertainment venues
- 76 Licensing of sexual entertainment venues
- Miscellaneous and general
- 77 Deemed grant of applications
- 78 Revocation of Part 2 licences
- 79 Procedure for hearings
- 80 Conditions for Part 3 licences
- 81 Conditions for Part 3 licences: displays or advertising
- 82 Civic licensing standards officers
- 83 Electronic communications under the 1982 Act
- PART 4 GENERAL
- 84 Interpretation
- 85 Regulations
- 86 Ancillary provision
- 87 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
- 88 Commencement
- 89 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 EXEMPTIONS
- Approved air weapon clubs
- Registered firearms dealers and their employees
- Auctioneers
- Carriers and warehouse keepers
- Artistic performers
- Cadet corps
- Bodies corporate etc.
- Holders of police permits
- Holders of visitor permits
- Authorised events
- Supervised use of air weapons on private land
- Use of air weapons at recreational shooting facilities
- Museums
- Air weapons on ships
- Purchase of air weapons for delivery outwith Scotland
- Loaning of air weapons for exempted purposes
- Public servants carrying out official duties
- Holders of certificates or permits with conditions
- Use or possession of air weapons on service premises
- Use or possession of air weapons on Ministry of Defence Police premises
- SCHEDULE 2 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS
- PART 1 AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS RELATING TO PART 1
- Firearms Act 1968
- Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
- Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006
- PART 2 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PART 2
- Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005
- PART 3 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PART 3
- Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
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