PART 1AIR WEAPONS
Offences
31False statements, certificates and permits
1
It is an offence for an individual to knowingly or recklessly make any statement which is false in any material particular for the purposes of procuring (either personally or for another person)—
a
the grant, renewal or variation of an air weapon certificate,
b
the grant or variation of a police or visitor permit,
c
the grant of an event permit, or
d
the grant, renewal or variation of an approval of an air weapon club.
2
It is an offence for an individual, with a view to purchasing, acquiring or procuring the repair or testing of an air weapon—
a
to produce a false air weapon certificate, police permit or visitor permit,
b
to produce an air weapon certificate, police permit or visitor permit which has been improperly altered, or
c
to knowingly or recklessly make a statement which is false in a material particular.
3
An individual who commits an offence under this section is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both).