# The Knife Dealers (Licence Conditions) (Scotland) Order 2012, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies the conditions that a licensing authority must attach to a knife dealer’s licence granted or renewed by the authority under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.
Article 3 specifies the conditions that must be attached to all knife dealers’ licences granted or renewed by a licensing authority. These include requiring the dealer to record the identity of the customer and the means by which the customer’s identity was verified, the steps taken to establish that the customer was at least 18 years of age and a full description of the article sold, hired, lent or given to the customer. The records must be kept for 3 years.
Article 4 requires a licensing authority to attach additional conditions to knife dealers’ licences which permit carrying on business as a dealer in swords. These are that the dealer must take all reasonable steps to establish and confirm the intended use of any sword, and must keep a record for 3 years of the enquiries made of the customer as to the intended use of the sword.
Article 5 revokes the Knife Dealers (Licence Conditions) Order 2009.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2012/9780111018637/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-knife-dealers-licence-conditions-scotland-order-2012/note
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