Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015

6Air weapon certificate: conditions

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(1)Every air weapon certificate is subject to any prescribed mandatory conditions.

(2)The chief constable may, when granting or renewing an air weapon certificate, attach conditions to the certificate (and, in the case of a renewal, may attach different conditions from those attached to the certificate prior to its renewal).

(3)The chief constable may not attach to an air weapon certificate a condition which is inconsistent with—

(a)a prescribed mandatory condition which applies to air weapon certificates, or

(b)a condition which must be attached to the certificate under this Part.

(4)It is an offence for a holder of an air weapon certificate to fail to comply with a condition attached to the holder’s certificate.

(5)An individual who commits an offence under subsection (4) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.