# Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015, Section 25: Requirement for commercial sales of air weapons to be in person


(1) This section applies where a person (“the seller”) sells an air weapon by way of trade or business to an individual in Great Britain who is not a registered firearms dealer.
(2) It is an offence for the seller, for the purposes of the sale, to transfer possession of the weapon to the purchaser otherwise than at a time when both the purchaser and the seller (or a representative of the seller) are present in person.
(3) The reference in subsection (2) to a representative of the seller is a reference to—
(a) a person who is employed by the seller in the seller's business as a registered firearms dealer,
(b) a registered firearms dealer (“A”) who has been authorised by the seller to act on the seller's behalf in relation to the sale, or
(c) a person who is employed by A in A's business as a registered firearms dealer.
(4) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/10/section/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-weapons-and-licensing-scotland-act-2015/section-25
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