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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-weapons-and-licensing-scotland-act-2015/section-2",
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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": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Requirement for air weapon certificate",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person to use, possess, purchase or acquire an air weapon without holding an air weapon certificate.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both),\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both).\n(3) Schedule 1 contains exemptions from—\n(a) the offence under subsection (1), and\n(b) certain other offences under this Part.\n(4) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend schedule 1 so as to—\n(a) add further exemptions,\n(b) remove or modify exemptions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S. 2(1)-(3) in force at 31.12.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/130, art. 3(a) (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 2(4) in force at 1.12.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/382, art. 2, Sch."
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  "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."
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