PART 1AIR WEAPONS
Transactions involving air weapons and commercial matters
25Requirement for commercial sales of air weapons to be in person
(1)
This section applies where a person (“the seller”) sells an air weapon by way of trade or business to an individual in Great Britain who is not a registered firearms dealer.
(2)
It is an offence for the seller, for the purposes of the sale, to transfer possession of the weapon to the purchaser otherwise than at a time when both the purchaser and the seller (or a representative of the seller) are present in person.
(3)
The reference in subsection (2) to a representative of the seller is a reference to—
(a)
a person who is employed by the seller in the seller's business as a registered firearms dealer,
(b)
a registered firearms dealer (“A”) who has been authorised by the seller to act on the seller's behalf in relation to the sale, or
(c)
a person who is employed by A in A's business as a registered firearms dealer.
(4)
A person 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).