Commencement3

The following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force on 1st October 2007—

a

sections 21 and 22 (licence reviews);

b

section 32 (sales of air weapons by way of trade or business to be face to face);

c

section 33 (age limits for purchase etc. of air weapons);

d

section 34 (firing an air weapon beyond premises);

e

section 36 (manufacture, import and sale of realistic imitation firearms);

f

section 37 (specific defences applying to the offence under s.36);

g

section 38 (meaning of “realistic imitation firearm”);

h

section 39 (specification for imitation firearms);

i

section 40 (supplying imitation firearms to minors);

j

section 43(1) and (2) (sale etc. of knives and other weapons);

k

section 44 (sale etc. of crossbows);

l

section 47 (power to search persons in attendance centres for weapons); and

m

section 64 (expenses).