Under 14 years
May not be granted a firearms certificate
CAN:
Hold
a shotgun certificate.
CANNOT:
Hold
a firearm certificate or be given or lent a firearm
CANNOT(Even if the holder of a relevant certificate):
Purchase
or hire shotguns until 17 years old OR
Receive a gift of a shotgun until 15 years old.
Under 15 years old
(It is an offence to make a gift of a shot gun
or ammunition to children under 15 years old)
CAN:
Hold
a shotgun certificate AND
Hold a firearm certificate.
CAN(If authorised by the relevant certificate):
Receive
a gift of a Section 1 firearm from the age of 14 years
old.
CANNOT(Even if the holder of a relevant certificate):
Purchase
or hire a shotgun until 17 years old.
Purchase or hire a firearm until 17 years old.
Receive a gift of a shotgun until 15 years old.
Possess an assembled shotgun unless:
(a) supervised by a person over 21 years old, (preferably
a shotgun certificate holder), OR
(b) the gun is so covered with a securely fastened gun-cover
that it cannot be fired.
Under 17 years old
CAN:
Hold
a shotgun certificate AND
Hold a firearm certificate.
CAN(If authorised by the relevant certificate):
Receive
a gift of a shotgun from the age of 15 years.
Receive a gift of a firearm from the age of 14 years.
Possess a shotgun if covered and secured from the age
of 15 years.
CANNOT(Even if the holder of a relevant certificate):
Purchase
or hire shotguns until 17 years old.
Purchase or hire firearms until 17 years old.
All
of the above was correct at the time of compilation
of this web page (October 2000), but see also
Government Proposals.
