The Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016

Article 2

SCHEDULE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT WHICH COME INTO FORCE ON 1ST JULY 2016

Column 1 Provisions of the Act	Column 2 Subject matter	Column 3 Purpose
Sections 3, 4, 5, 6(1) to (3), 7, 8(1), 9(1) and (2), 10 and 11(1) to (4) and (7)	Air weapon certificates	For the purposes of—
		(a) enabling advance applications for the grant of an air weapon certificate to be made, registered and determined; and (b) enabling such certificates to be granted (and, if required, to be subsequently varied or revoked) before 31st December 2016.
Sections 12, 13, 14, 15(1) to (3), 16(1) to (5) and (8) and 17(1), (2), (6) and (7)	Permits	For the purposes of—
		(a) enabling advance applications for the grant of a police permit, visitor permit or event permit to be made and determined; and (b) enabling such permits to be granted (and, if required in the case of any police permit or visitor permit, to be subsequently varied or revoked) before 31st December 2016.
Sections 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22	Air weapon clubs
Section 28	Cancellation of air weapon certificate
Section 31(1) and (3)	False statements, certificates and permits
Section 32	Time limit for offences
Section 33	Offences by bodies corporate etc.
Section 34 (other than subsection (2)(n))	Appeals
Section 35(3)	Fees
Section 37	Crown application
Section 39(1)	Guidance