Clause 26 - Age limits for purchase etc. of air weapons
Violent Crime Reduction Bill
10:30 am
Joe Benton (Bootle, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment No. 3, in clause 26, page 28, line 37, at end insert—
'(2A) After section 22(1) insert—-
''(1A) It is an offence in Scotland—
(a) for a person under the age of 18 to purchase or hire an air weapon or ammunition for an air weapon;
(b) for a person over the age of 18 to purchase or hire an air weapon or ammunition for an air weapon except from a person or place licensed as set out in (1B) below.
(1B) The conditions for licensing a person or place to sell or hire an air weapon or ammunition for an air weapon are to be set by the Scottish Parliament.''.'.
New clause 1—Provisions relating to the Scottish Parliament—
'The 1968 Act can be amended by the Scottish Parliament to introduce—
(a) a licensing scheme for the sale or hire of air weapons or ammunition for air weapons;
(b) a licensing scheme for the purchase or possession of air weapons or ammunition for air weapons;
(c) a ban or restriction on the sale, hire, purchase or possession of air weapons or ammunition for air weapons.'.
New clause 2—Matters relating to Scotland—
'(1) Section 26 and 27 so far as they extend to Scotland shall be regarded as within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.
(2) The Scotland Act 1998 shall be amended as follows—
(3) In Schedule 5, Head B4, after ''1997'', insert—
''Exception
Regulation or control of the sale, possession or purchase of air weapons, or ammunition for air weapons.''.'.