2—(1) Article 7 (purposes for which a young person may acquire and have in possession certain firearms and ammunition), in paragraph (3)(b)(i), after “sporting purposes” insert “ or for the purpose of pest control ”.N.I.
(2) In Schedule 1 (firearm certificates—exemptions)—
(a)in paragraph 9 (air guns and ammunition), in sub-paragraph (3)(b), (person under 18 may not purchase an air gun without a certificate unless the person has attained the age of 17), the words “unless he has attained the age of 17” are repealed;
(b)in paragraph 11 (shotguns), in sub-paragraph (3), at the end add “ unless the person has attained the age of 16 and is under the supervision of a person who has attained the age of 21 and has held a firearm certificate for a shotgun for at least three years ”.