Part 6: Firearms and pyrotechnic articles Section 130: Authorised lending and possession of firearms for hunting etc
Currently, a firearm certificate holder can lend a gun to a non-certificate holder only if they are on private land of which they are the ‘occupier’. In very broad terms, this means having legal rights over the land and does not cover individuals with permission from the land owner to shoot.
	Section 130 inserts new section 11A into the 1968 Act.
	New section 11A(1) provides that a non-certificate holder may borrow and possess a rifle or a shotgun from another person on private premises if the four conditions set out in subsections (2) to (5) are met and in the case of a rifle, the borrower is aged 17 or over.
	New section 11A(2) sets out the first condition which is the purpose of the borrowing and possession which can be for (a) hunting animals or shooting game or vermin or (b) shooting at artificial targets.
	New section 11A(3) sets out the second condition, which is that the lender must be 18 or over, a certificate holder, and is either (i) a person who has a right to allow others to enter premises for the purposes of hunting animals or shooting game or vermin or (ii) a person who is authorised in writing by the person at (i) above to lend the rifle or shotgun on the premises.
	New section 11A(4) sets out the third condition which is that the borrower’s possession and use of the rifle or shotgun must comply with the conditions on the lender’s certificate.
	New section 11A(5) sets out the fourth condition which is that the borrower must always be in the presence of the lender or, in respect of a rifle, in the presence of a person who is a certificate holder for that rifle and is a person described in new section 11A(3)(c) or, in respect of a shotgun, in the presence of a person who is a certificate holder for that shotgun and is a person described in new section 11A(3)(c).
	New section 11A(6) provides for the purchase or acquisition and possession of ammunition when a rifle is borrowed on the premises and is for use with the firearm according to conditions on the lender’s certificate.
	Subsection (2) omits section 11(5) of the 1968 Act and section 16 of the 1988 Act, as a consequence of new section 11A.