5. A person under the age of [F1eighteen]F1 who has with him—
(a)a crossbow which is capable of discharging a missile, or
(b)parts of a crossbow, which together (and without any other parts) can be assembled to form a crossbow capable of discharging a missile,
is guilty of an offence, unless he is under the supervision of a person who is twenty‐one years of age or older.
F1Word in art. 5 substituted (1.10.2007) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), ss. 51, 66(2), Sch. 2 para. 12(2)(c); S.I. 2007/2180, art. 4(d)(ii)