Shot gun Law ?

[Tobias 0]

Sorry if this has been asked before but ive looked back through the last eight pages and cant find the answer or on my ticket, Am i allowed to take my nephew decoying on ground i have permission to shoot and let him have a go on the gun weather it be at a few targets or crows/Rooks he is a very sensible 15year old and often does the lamp for me in winter time when shooting rabbits. He will be sat in the hide with me as im hoping to go out on friday.

[welshboy454 3]

Sorry if this has been asked before but ive looked back through the last eight pages and cant find the answer or on my ticket, Am i allowed to take my nephew decoying on ground i have permission to shoot and let him have a go on the gun weather it be at a few targets or crows/Rooks he is a very sensible 15year old and often does the lamp for me in winter time when shooting rabbits. He will be sat in the hide with me as im hoping to go out on friday.

To be safe written permission would be advisable

A Shot guns

6.14 Section 11(5) of the 1968 Act allows

an individual, without holding a shot gun

certificate, to borrow a shot gun from the

occupier of private premises and use it on

those premises in the occupier’s presence.

The presence of the occupier is normally

taken to mean within sight and earshot of the

individual borrowing the firearm. The term

“occupier†is not defined in the Firearms

Acts, nor has a Court clarified its meaning.

However, the Firearms Consultative

Committee in their 5th Annual report

recommended that the provisions of section

27 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

be adopted. This states that ‘“occupier†in

relation to any land, other than the foreshore,

includes any person having any right of

hunting, shooting, fishing or taking game or

fish’.

[dave1372 83]

Sorry if this has been asked before but ive looked back through the last eight pages and cant find the answer or on my ticket, Am i allowed to take my nephew decoying on ground i have permission to shoot and let him have a go on the gun weather it be at a few targets or crows/Rooks he is a very sensible 15year old and often does the lamp for me in winter time when shooting rabbits. He will be sat in the hide with me as im hoping to go out on friday.

 

The simple answer is 'YES' provided you are supervising him.

[matt_hooks 188]

Hmmm, not sure on that one, legally speaking. I know that if it were a rifle he couldn't legally use it unless he held an FAC, as the estate condition under which someone can borrow and use a rifle only applies to 18 year olds and over. Not sure whether the shotgun rules are different?

 

edited to add:-

 

just checked the relevant law and yes, someone between 15 and 18 can borrow and use a shotgun without an SGC, under supervision, as long as the person doing the lending is over 18 years of age.

Edited August 9, 2010 by matt_hooks