{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968/section-24A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968/section-24A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/27",
  "legislation_title": "Firearms Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968",
  "path": "section/24A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24A",
  "heading": "Supplying imitation firearms to minors",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person under the age of eighteen to purchase an imitation firearm.\n(2) It is an offence to sell an imitation firearm to a person under the age of eighteen.\n(3) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) it is a defence to show that the person charged with the offence—\n(a) believed the other person to be aged eighteen or over; and\n(b) had reasonable ground for that belief.\n(4) For the purposes of this section a person shall be taken to have shown the matters specified in subsection (3) if—\n(a) sufficient evidence of those matters is adduced to raise an issue with respect to them; and\n(b) the contrary is not proved beyond a reasonable doubt.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 24A inserted (1.10.2007) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), ss. 40(1), 66(2); S.I. 2007/2180, art. 3(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/24A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:25.041392+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."
}