The Air Weapons Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2016

Regulations 3 and 5 to 8

SCHEDULE 1 FORMS

CONTENTS

Form number	Subject matter	Page number
AWL1	Application for the grant or renewal of an air weapon certificate	6
AWL1a	Air weapon certificate	18
AWL2	Application for the grant of a police permit	19
AWL2a	Police permit	25
AWL3	Application for the grant of a visitor permit	26
AWL3a	Visitor permit	38
AWL4	Application for the variation of an air weapon certificate, a police permit or a visitor permit	39
AWL5	Application for the grant of an event permit	45
AWL5a	Event permit	52
AWL6	Application for the grant or renewal of an approval of an air weapon club	53
AWL6a	Approval of an air weapon club	61
AWL7	Application for the variation of an approved air weapon club’s approval	62

FORM AWL1 Application for the grant or renewal of an air weapon certificate

FORM AWL1a Air weapon certificate

FORM AWL2 Application for the grant of a police permit

FORM AWL2a Police permit

FORM AWL3 Application for the grant of a visitor permit

FORM AWL3a Visitor permit

FORM AWL4 Application for the variation of an air weapon certificate, a police permit or a visitor permit

FORM AWL5 Application for the grant of an event permit

FORM AWL5a Event permit

FORM AWL6 Application for the grant or renewal of an approval of an air weapon club

FORM AWL6a Approval of an air weapon club

FORM AWL7 Application for the variation of an approved air weapon club’s approval

Regulation 9

SCHEDULE 2 PRESCRIBED MANDATORY CONDITIONS

1.  For the purpose of section 6(1), the prescribed mandatory conditions are that the holder of an air weapon certificate must—

(a) on receipt of the certificate, sign it in ink; and

(b) as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the chief constable of any change of the address specified on the certificate.

2.  For the purpose of section 15(1), the prescribed mandatory conditions are that the holder of a police permit or visitor permit must—

(a) on receipt of the permit, sign it in ink; and

(b) as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the chief constable of any change of the address specified on the permit.

3.  For the purpose of section 18(4), the prescribed mandatory conditions are that—

(a) the club secretary or other officer named on an approved air weapon club’s approval must, on receipt of the approval, sign it in ink;

(b) the approved air weapon club must, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the chief constable of any change of the club’s address; and

(c) the approved air weapon club’s approval (or a copy of it) must be prominently displayed at the club premises, at all times that target shooting is taking place there, so as to be capable of being read by anyone using the club’s facilities.

4.  In paragraph 3(c), “club premises” has the meaning given in section 22(8).

Regulations 11 and 12

SCHEDULE 3 TABLE OF FEES

PART 1 Fees in respect of applications

Column 1 Application				Column 2 Fee
1.	Application for the grant of an air weapon certificate made under section 3(1)—
	(a)	where the applicant is aged 18 years or more		£72.00
	(b)	where the applicant is aged 17 years		£12.50
	(c)	where the applicant is aged 16 years		£25.00
	(d)	where the applicant is aged 15 years		£37.50
	(e)	where the applicant is aged 14 years		£50.00
2.	Application for the renewal of an air weapon certificate made under section 3(1)			£48.00
3.	Application for the grant or renewal of an air weapon certificate made under section 3(1), seeking alignment with the applicant’s firearm or shot gun certificate in accordance with section 9(2) or (4)			£5.00
4.	Application for the variation of an air weapon certificate made under section 10(2)(a)			£20.00
5.	Application for the grant of a police permit made under section 12(1)			£15.00
6.	Application for the grant of a visitor permit made under section 13(1) or (2)—
	(a)	in the case of an individual application		£20.00
	(b)	in the case of a group application made on behalf of—
		(i)	2 qualifying visitors	£40.00
		(ii)	3 qualifying visitors	£60.00
		(iii)	4 qualifying visitors	£80.00
		(iv)	5 to 20 qualifying visitors	£100.00
7.	Application for the variation of a police permit or a visitor permit made under section 16(2)(a)			£5.00
8.	Application for the grant of an event permit made under section 17(1)			£40.00
9.	Application for the grant of an approval of an air weapon club made under section 18(1)			£45.00
10.	Application for the renewal of an approval of an air weapon club made under section 18(1)			£45.00
11.	Application for the grant or renewal of an approval of an air weapon club made under section 18(1), seeking alignment with the club’s approval as a rifle club in accordance with section 21(2) or (4)			£30.00

PART 2 Fees in respect of the performance of functions by the chief constable

Column 1 Function		Column 2 Fee
1.	Replacing an air weapon certificate which has been damaged, destroyed, lost or stolen	£4.00
2.	Replacing a police permit, a visitor permit or an event permit which has been damaged, destroyed, lost or stolen	£4.00
3.	Replacing an approval of an air weapon club which has been damaged, destroyed, lost or stolen	£4.00

Regulation 14

SCHEDULE 4 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

1.  This schedule applies where, before 31st December 2016, an individual aged 18 years or more makes an application (“an advance application”) under section 3(1) which—

(a) is for the grant of an air weapon certificate; and

(b) does not request the alignment of different types of certificate in accordance with section 9(2).

2.  The chief constable may grant the air weapon certificate for such shorter period than is provided for in section 8(1)(b) as is appropriate to secure that it expires during the relevant period, except that the certificate must be granted for at least 12 months.

3.  The fee to be charged by the chief constable in respect of an advance application is (instead of the standard fee) £1.20 for each month for which the air weapon certificate is to be granted, discounting any period before 31st December 2016.

4.  Accordingly, in respect of an advance application—

(a) the minimum fee payable is £14.40; and

(b) the maximum fee payable is £39.60.

5.  On receipt of an advance application, the chief constable must—

(a) determine the date on which the air weapon certificate would expire if it were granted; and

(b) notify the applicant of the fee that must be paid for the application to be valid.

6.  If the chief constable decides not to grant an air weapon certificate to an applicant, the chief constable must refund any amount of the fee paid in respect of the advance application which exceeds £14.40.

7.  In this schedule—

“relevant period” means the period beginning with 1st January 2018 and ending with 30th September 2019;

“standard fee” means the fee specified in entry 1(a) of Part 1 of the table of fees.