# Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015, Section 2: Requirement for air weapon certificate


(1) It is an offence for a person to use, possess, purchase or acquire an air weapon without holding an air weapon certificate.
(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both),
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both).
(3) Schedule 1 contains exemptions from—
(a) the offence under subsection (1), and
(b) certain other offences under this Part.
(4) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend schedule 1 so as to—
(a) add further exemptions,
(b) remove or modify exemptions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/10/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-weapons-and-licensing-scotland-act-2015/section-2
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