Article 3 Commencement

The following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force on 1st October 2007—

(a)

sections 21 and 22 (licence reviews);

(b)

section 32 (sales of air weapons by way of trade or business to be face to face);

(c)

section 33 (age limits for purchase etc. of air weapons);

(d)

section 34 (firing an air weapon beyond premises);

(e)

section 36 (manufacture, import and sale of realistic imitation firearms);

(f)

section 37 (specific defences applying to the offence under s.36);

(g)

section 38 (meaning of “realistic imitation firearm”);

(h)

section 39 (specification for imitation firearms);

(i)

section 40 (supplying imitation firearms to minors);

(j)

section 43(1) and (2) (sale etc. of knives and other weapons);

(k)

section 44 (sale etc. of crossbows);

(l)

section 47 (power to search persons in attendance centres for weapons); and

(m)

section 64 (expenses).