18(1)It is not an offence under section 6(4) for a holder of an air weapon certificate to fail to comply with a condition attached to the holder's certificate if the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are complied with.S
(2)The conditions are—
(a)that the holder of the certificate would be entitled to use, possess, purchase or, as the case may be, acquire an air weapon by virtue of an exemption under this schedule if the holder did not hold the certificate, and
(b)that the failure relates to the use, possession, purchase or, as the case may be, acquisition of an air weapon in accordance with the exemption.
(3)It is not an offence under section 15(4) for a holder of a police permit or a visitor permit to fail to comply with a condition attached to the holder's permit if the conditions in sub-paragraph (4) are complied with.
(4)The conditions are—
(a)that the holder of the permit is entitled to use, possess, purchase or, as the case may be, acquire an air weapon by virtue of an exemption under this schedule, and
(b)that the failure relates to the use, possession, purchase or, as the case may be, acquisition of an air weapon in accordance with the exemption.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 18 in force at 31.12.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/130, art. 3(a) (with art. 4)