Section 13: Equipment for ships and aircraft.

Firearms Act 1968 · 1968 c.27

Part I: Provisions as to Possession, Handling and Distribution of Weapons and Ammunition; Prevention of Crime and Measures to Protect Public Safety

13(1)

A person may, without holding a certificate,—

(a) have in his possession a firearm , ammunition or a relevant accessory on board a ship, or a signalling apparatus , or ammunition or a relevant accessory therefor, on board an aircraft or at an aerodrome, as part of the equipment of the ship, aircraft or aerodrome;

(b) remove a signalling apparatus , or ammunition or a relevant accessory therefor, being part of the equipment of an aircraft, from one aircraft to another at an aerodrome, or from or to an aircraft at an aerodrome to or from a place appointed for the storage thereof in safe custody at that aerodrome, and keep any such apparatus , or ammunition or relevant accessory at such a place; ...

(c) if he has obtained from a constable a permit for the purpose in the prescribed form, remove a firearm from or to a ship, or a signalling apparatus from or to an aircraft or aerodrome, to or from such place and for such purpose as may be specified in the permit.

(d) having obtained a permit under paragraph (c), remove any relevant accessory from or to a ship, aircraft or aerodrome, to or from the place specified in the permit.

13(2)

It is an offence for a person knowingly or recklessly to make a statement false in any material particular for the purpose of procuring, either for himself or for another person, the grant of a permit under subsection (1)(c) of this section.

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