Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 AIR WEAPONS

   1. Meaning of air weapon

      1. 1. Meaning of “air weapon”

   2. Air weapon certificates

      1. 2. Requirement for air weapon certificate

      2. 3. Application for grant or renewal of air weapon certificate

      3. 4. Verification of applications

      4. 5. Grant or renewal of air weapon certificate

      5. 6. Air weapon certificate: conditions

      6. 7. Special requirements and conditions for young persons

      7. 8. Duration of air weapon certificate

      8. 9. Alignment of different types of certificate

      9. 10. Variation of air weapon certificate

      10. 11. Revocation of air weapon certificate

   3. Permits

      1. 12. Police permits

      2. 13. Visitor permits

      3. 14. Visitor permits: young persons

      4. 15. Police and visitor permits: conditions

      5. 16. Police and visitor permits: variation and revocation

      6. 17. Event permits

   4. Air weapon clubs and recreational shooting facilities

      1. 18. Approval of air weapon clubs

      2. 19. Variation of approval

      3. 20. Duration of approval

      4. 21. Alignment of club approvals

      5. 22. Power to enter and inspect club premises

      6. 23. Requirements for recreational shooting facilities

   5. Transactions involving air weapons and commercial matters

      1. 24. Restrictions on transactions involving air weapons

      2. 25. Requirement for commercial sales of air weapons to be in person

   6. Enforcement

      1. 26. Power of search with warrant

      2. 27. Production of air weapon certificate

      3. 28. Cancellation of air weapon certificate

      4. 29. Forfeiture and disposal of air weapons

   7. Offences

      1. 30. Failure to keep air weapons secure or to report loss to police

      2. 31. False statements, certificates and permits

      3. 32. Time limit for offences

      4. 33. Offences by bodies corporate etc.

   8. General

      1. 34. Appeals

      2. 35. Fees

      3. 36. Power to make further provision

      4. 37. Crown application

      5. 38. Transitional arrangements for existing certificate holders

      6. 39. Guidance

      7. 40. Interpretation of Part 1

3. PART 2 ALCOHOL LICENSING

   1. Licensing objectives

      1. 41. Licensing objectives: protecting young persons from harm

   2. Statements of licensing policy

      1. 42. Statements of licensing policy: licensing policy periods

   3. Fit and proper person test

      1. 43. Premises licence application: ground for refusal

      2. 44. Application to transfer premises licence: ground for refusal

      3. 45. Ground for review of premises licence

      4. 46. Personal licence applications and renewals: ground for refusal

      5. 47. Personal licence holders: procedure on receipt of notice of conviction

      6. 48. Personal licence holders: conduct inconsistent with the licensing objectives

   4. Transfer of premises licences

      1. 49. Transfer of premises licences

   5. Relevant offences and foreign offences

      1. 50. Premises licences: procedure in relation to relevant offences or foreign offences

      2. 51. Personal licences: procedure in relation to relevant offences or foreign offences

      3. 52. Relevant offences and foreign offences: spent convictions

   6. Supply of alcohol to a child or young person

      1. 53. Offences of supplying alcohol to a child or young person

   7. Miscellaneous

      1. 54. Meaning of “alcohol”: inclusion of angostura bitters

      2. 55. Overprovision

      3. 56. Duties of Licensing Boards to produce annual reports

      4. 57. Licensing Standards Officers: general function in relation to personal licences

      5. 58. Powers of Licensing Standards Officers

      6. 59. Interested parties

      7. 60. Personal licences: grant, duration and renewal

      8. 61. Processing and deemed grant of applications

      9. 62. Form etc. of communications under the 2005 Act

4. PART 3 CIVIC LICENSING

   1. Taxis and private hire cars

      1. 63. Refusal to grant private hire car licences on grounds of overprovision

      2. 64. Testing of private hire car drivers

      3. 65. Exemptions from requirements of sections 10 to 21 of 1982 Act

   2. Metal dealers

      1. 66. Penalties for failure to have appropriate licence or comply with conditions

      2. 67. Removal of exemption warrants for certain metal dealers

      3. 68. Abolition of requirement to retain metal for 48 hours

      4. 69. Acceptable forms of payment for metal

      5. 70. Metal dealers and itinerant metal dealers: records

      6. 71. Register of dealers in metal

      7. 72. Interpretation of provisions relating to metal dealers etc.

      8. 73. Exemptions from requirements of sections 28 to 37 of 1982 Act

   3. Public entertainment venues

      1. 74. Licensing of theatres etc.

      2. 75. Restriction of exemption from requirement for public entertainment licence

   4. Sexual entertainment venues

      1. 76. Licensing of sexual entertainment venues

   5. Miscellaneous and general

      1. 77. Deemed grant of applications

      2. 78. Revocation of Part 2 licences

      3. 79. Procedure for hearings

      4. 80. Conditions for Part 3 licences

      5. 81. Conditions for Part 3 licences: displays or advertising

      6. 82. Civic licensing standards officers

      7. 83. Electronic communications under the 1982 Act

5. PART 4 GENERAL

   1. 84. Interpretation

   2. 85. Regulations

   3. 86. Ancillary provision

   4. 87. Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

   5. 88. Commencement

   6. 89. Short title

6. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      EXEMPTIONS

      1. 1. Approved air weapon clubs

      2. 2. Registered firearms dealers and their employees

      3. 3. Auctioneers

      4. 4. Carriers and warehouse keepers

      5. 5. Artistic performers

      6. 6. Cadet corps

      7. 7. Bodies corporate etc.

      8. 8. Holders of police permits

      9. 9. Holders of visitor permits

      10. 10. Authorised events

      11. 11. Supervised use of air weapons on private land

      12. 12. Use of air weapons at recreational shooting facilities

      13. 13. Museums

      14. 14. Air weapons on ships

      15. 15. Purchase of air weapons for delivery outwith Scotland

      16. 16. Loaning of air weapons for exempted purposes

      17. 17. Public servants carrying out official duties

      18. 18. Holders of certificates or permits with conditions

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS

      1. PART 1 AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS RELATING TO PART 1

         1. 1. Firearms Act 1968

         2. 2. Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

         3. 3. Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006

      2. PART 2 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PART 2

         1. 4. Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005

      3. PART 3 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PART 3

         1. 5. Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982