5 Restriction on sale of ammunition for smooth-bore guns.E+W+S
(1)This section applies to ammunition to which section 1 of the principal Act does not apply and which is capable of being used in a shot gun or in a smooth-bore gun to which that section applies.
(2)It is an offence for a person to sell any such ammunition to another person in the United Kingdom who is neither a registered firearms dealer nor a person who sells such ammunition by way of trade or business unless that other person—
(a)produces a certificate authorising him to possess a gun of a kind mentioned in subsection (1) above; or
(b)shows that he is by virtue of that Act or this Act entitled to have possession of such a gun without holding a certificate; or
(c)produces a certificate authorising another person to possess such a gun, together with that person’s written authority to purchase the ammunition on his behalf.
(3)An offence under this section shall be punishable on summary conviction with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.