2.—(1) The activities in this article are not to be taken to be businesses for the purposes of section 27A(4) of the Act.
(2) The hiring, offering or exposing for hire, lending or giving of an arrow by a person (A) to another person (B) where—
(a)A is teaching B the sport of archery; and
(b)A is qualified to teach B that sport.
(3) The hiring, offering or exposing for hire, lending or giving of a knife by a person (A) to another person (B) where—
(a)A is teaching B a water sport;
(b)A is qualified to teach B that sport; and
(c)the purpose of such hiring, offering or exposing for hire, lending or giving of the knife by A to B is the safety of B whilst B is undertaking that sport.
(4) The selling, hiring, offering or exposing for sale, hire, lending or giving of an arrow or a fencing sword but only where that activity is undertaken—
(a)in connection with a recognised competition; and
(b)within the vicinity of a recognised competition.
(5) In this article—
“arrow” means an arrow designed or adapted for use in the sport of archery;
“fencing sword” means a sword used in the sport of fencing and which may be classified as a foil, epee or sabre;
“knife” does not include a knife designed for domestic use; and
“recognised competition” means a competition recognised by—
Scottish Fencing;
Scottish Archery Association; or
Scottish Field Archery Association.