2 Purchase and hiring.E+W+S
A person under the age of [F1eighteen] who buys or hires a crossbow or a part of a crossbow is guilty of an offence.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 2 substituted (E.W.) (1.10.2007) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), ss. 44, 66(2); S.I. 2007/2180, art. 3(k); and said word also substituted (S.) (1.10.2007) by Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 17), s. 62(1)(2)(b)67(2); S.S.I. 2007/431, art. 3, Sch.