{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-weapons-and-licensing-scotland-act-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "asp/2015/10",
  "legislation_title": "Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-weapons-and-licensing-scotland-act-2015",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) It is not an offence under section 2(1) for an individual (“A”) to borrow, hire, use or possess an air weapon without holding an air weapon certificate at a recreational shooting facility, if—\n(a) A reasonably believes that an individual who is responsible for the management and operation of the facility holds an air weapon certificate, and\n(b) A's use or possession occurs only while A is at the facility.\n(2) It is not an offence under section 2(1) for an individual (“B”) to use or possess an air weapon without holding an air weapon certificate at a recreational shooting facility, if—\n(a) B reasonably believes that an individual who is responsible for the management and operation of the recreational shooting facility holds an air weapon certificate, and\n(b) B is an employee of the operator of the facility and is acting in the ordinary course of the employer's business as such an operator.\n(3) In this paragraph, “recreational shooting facility” means—\n(a) a miniature rifle range or a shooting gallery at which air weapons are used, or\n(b) a facility for combat games which involve an air weapon,\nwhich is operated with a view to making a profit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12 in force at 31.12.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/130, art. 3(a) (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/10/schedule/1/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:45.483920+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}