# Firearms Act 1968, Section 24A: Supplying imitation firearms to minors

Status: prospective

(1) It is an offence for a person under the age of eighteen to purchase an imitation firearm.
(2) It is an offence to sell an imitation firearm to a person under the age of eighteen.
(3) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) it is a defence to show that the person charged with the offence—
(a) believed the other person to be aged eighteen or over; and
(b) had reasonable ground for that belief.
(4) For the purposes of this section a person shall be taken to have shown the matters specified in subsection (3) if—
(a) sufficient evidence of those matters is adduced to raise an issue with respect to them; and
(b) the contrary is not proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/24A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968/section-24A
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