42 Transactions with persons not registered dealers.E+W+S
(1)A person who sells, lets on hire, gives or lends a firearm or ammunition to which section 1 of this Act applies to another person in the United Kingdom, not being a registered firearms dealer shall, unless the other person shows that he is by virtue of this Act entitled to purchase or acquire the firearm or ammunition without holding a firearm certificate, comply with any instructions contained in the certificate produced; and in the case of a firearm he shall, within [F1seven days] from the transaction, send by registered post or the recorded delivery service notice of the transaction to the chief officer of police by whom the certificate was issued.
[F2(1A)The notice under subsection (1) above shall contain a description of the firearm (giving the identification number if any) and state the nature of the transaction and the name and address of the other person concerned.]
(2)It is an offence for a person to fail to comply with this section.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 45, SIF 51:1), s. 23(6)