PART 1AIR WEAPONS
Permits
17Event permits
1
The chief constable may, on the application of a person (“the organiser”) who is organising or otherwise responsible for an event, grant a permit authorising individuals at the event to borrow, hire, use and possess air weapons while engaging in an event activity without holding an air weapon certificate (“an event permit”).
2
The chief constable may, when granting an event permit, attach conditions to it.
3
The organiser must ensure that the event permit (or a copy of it) is prominently displayed at the event so as to be capable of being read by any person attending the event.
4
It is an offence for the organiser—
a
to fail to comply with a condition attached to the event permit, or
b
without reasonable excuse, to fail to comply with subsection (3).
5
A person who commits an offence under subsection (4) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
6
An application for an event permit is valid only if it complies with the requirements of any regulations under section 36 which apply to the application.
7
For the purposes of this section, an “event activity” is an activity—
a
involving the use and possession of air weapons by individuals, and
b
which has been planned by (or on behalf of) the organiser as part of the event.