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| Tuesday 25th October 2005 |
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| Violent Crime Reduction Bill
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| [sixth and seventh Sittings]
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| Clause 26, page 28, line 33, at end insert ‘in England and Wales’. |
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| Clause 26, page 28, line 35, at end insert ‘except if the purchase or hire is |
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| associated with membership of a rifle target club, in which case the age limit will be 17.’. |
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| Clause 26, page 28, line 35, at end insert ‘which is also a realistic imitation firearm |
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| or a firearm for which a firearms certificate would be required under section 1 of the 1968 |
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| Clause 26, page 28, line 36, leave out ‘seventeen’ and insert ‘eighteen’. |
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| Clause 26, page 28, line 37, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | After section 22(1) insert—- |
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| | “(1A) | It is an offence in Scotland— |
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| | (a) | for a person under the age of 18 to purchase or hire an air weapon |
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| | or ammunition for an air weapon; |
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| | (b) | for a person over the age of 18 to purchase or hire an air weapon |
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| | or ammunition for an air weapon except from a person or place |
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| | licensed as set out in (1B) below. |
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| | (1B) | The conditions for licensing a person or place to sell or hire an air weapon |
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| | or ammunition for an air weapon are to be set by the Scottish |
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| Clause 26, page 28, line 41, after ‘weapon’, insert ‘which is also a realistic |
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| imitation firearm or a firearm for which a firearms certificate would be required under |
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| section 1 of the 1968 Act.’. |
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| Clause 26, page 28, line 42, at end insert ‘except if the purchase or hire is |
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| associated with membership of a rifle target club, in which case the age limit will be 17.’. |
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| | Clause Agreed to on division. |
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| Clause 27, page 29, line 19, after ‘it’, insert ‘, intentionally or recklessly,’. |
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| Clause 27, page 29, line 19, at end insert ‘without lawful authority or reasonable |
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| Clause 27, page 29, line 23, after ‘premises’, insert ‘without lawful authority or |
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| Clause 28, page 29, line 39, leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | For the purposes of this section a primer is a cap type primer, UN numbers 0044, |
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| | 0377, 0378 for use with metallic small arms ammunition and shall not include any |
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| | fired or inert primers or any primers manufactured for use in equipment which |
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| | does not fire a projectile.’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 1, after ‘person’, insert ‘knowingly’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 10, leave out ‘he produces’ and insert ‘he shows that he is |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 10, after ‘certificate’, insert ‘on initial purchase and shows |
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| that he is the holder of a certificate on any subsequent purchase from the same vendor’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 10, after ‘firearm’, insert ‘or a shotgun’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 12, leave out ‘he produces’ and insert ‘he shows that he is |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 12, after ‘certificate’, insert ‘on initial purchase and shows |
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| that he is the holder of a certificate on any subsequent purchase from the same vendor’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 13, at end insert ‘or a shotgun’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | ‘() | he shows that he is a person in the service of Her Majesty who is entitled |
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| | under subsection(5A) to acquire a primer to which this section applies;’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 15, after ‘enactment’, insert ‘and otherwise than by virtue |
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| of being a person in the service of Her Majesty’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 16, leave out ‘such ammunition’ and insert ‘ammunition |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 16, at end insert ‘or a shotgun’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 19, after ‘firearm’, insert ‘or a shotgun’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(g) | he proves that he is purchasing the primer for the purpose of theatrical |
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| | performance, historical re-enactment, museum or educational use, use as |
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| | a starting gun at a sporting event, use in equipment which does not fire a |
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| | projectile, or use in a blank firing gun.’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 21, after ‘person’ insert ‘knowingly’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 30, leave out ‘he holds’ and insert ‘he shows that he is the |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 30, leave out ‘he holds’ and insert ‘he produces’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 30, after ‘certificate’, insert ‘on initial purchase and shows |
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| that he is the holder of a certificate on any subsequent purchase from the same vendor’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 30, after ‘firearm’, insert ‘or a shotgun’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 32, leave out ‘he holds’ and insert ‘he shows that he is the |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 32, leave out ‘he holds’ and insert ‘he produces’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 32, after ‘certificate’, insert ‘on initial purchase and shows |
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| that he is the holder of a certificate on any subsequent purchase from the same vendor’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 33, at end insert ‘or a shotgun’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 33, at end insert— |
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| | ‘() | he is a person in the service of Her Majesty who is entitled under |
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| | subsection (5A) to acquire a primer to which this section applies;’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 35, after ‘enactment’, insert ‘and otherwise than by virtue |
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| of being a person in the service of Her Majesty’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 35, after ‘firearm’, insert ‘or a shotgun’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 36, leave out ‘such ammunition’ and insert ‘ammunition |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 38, after ‘firearm’, insert ‘or a shotgun’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 39, at end insert ‘; or |
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| | (g) | he proves that he is purchasing the primer for the purpose of theatrical |
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| | performance, historical re-enactment, museum or educational use, use in |
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| | a starting gun at a sporting event, use in equipment which does not fire a |
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| | projectile, or use in a blank firing gun.’. |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 39, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5A) | A person who is in the service of Her Majesty is entitled to acquire a primer to |
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| | which this section applies if— |
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| | (a) | he is duly authorised in writing to acquire firearms and ammunition for |
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| | (b) | he is a person who is authorised to purchase a firearm or ammunition by |
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| | virtue of a certificate issued in accordance with section 54(2)(b) of the |
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| | 1968 Act (certificates for persons in naval, military or air service of Her |
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| Clause 28, page 30, line 39, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5A) | On prosecution for an offence under subsection (2), it shall be a defence for a |
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| | (a) | he did not know that what he was selling was an object of a description |
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| | covered by subsection (2); or |
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| | (b) | he believed, on reasonable grounds, that the person to whom he sold the |
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| | object was a person covered by subsection (3). |
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| | (5B) | On prosecution for an offence under subsection (4), it shall be a defence for a |
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| | (a) | he did not know that what he was buying was an object of a description |
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| | covered by subsection (2); or |
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| | (b) | he reasonably believed that he was a person covered by subsection (5).’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| Clause 29, page 31, line 9, after ‘person’, insert ‘knowingly’. |
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| Clause 29, page 31, line 14, leave out ‘he produces’ and insert ‘he shows that he is |
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| Clause 29, page 31, line 14, after ‘certificate’, insert ‘on initial purchase and shows |
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| that he is the holder of a certificate on any subsequent purchase from the same vendor’. |
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