Part 1: Corrosive products and substances Sale and delivery of corrosive products Section 4: Delivery of corrosive products to persons under 18
This section applies to delivery companies that have entered into an arrangement with a seller of corrosive products, who is outside of the United Kingdom, to deliver the products to buyers in the United Kingdom. This only applies to corrosive products that have been sold when the seller and the buyer have not been in each other’s presence at the time of the sale (i.e. the sale was made remotely, whether by telephone, online or by post).
	Subsection (1)(d) makes it clear that the section will only apply if the delivery company is aware that they may be delivering corrosive products on behalf of the seller.
	Subsection (2) makes provision to ensure that the offence in subsection (4) applies to both individuals and companies.
	Subsection (3) sets out that a person other than an individual is "outside the UK at any time" if the person does not carry on a business of selling articles of any kind from premises in any part of the United Kingdom.
	Subsection (4) provides that a delivery company to which this section applies commits an offence if they do not deliver a corrosive product into the hands of a person aged 18 or over. Subsection (10) sets out the penalties for this offence.
	Subsections (5) to (9) set out the defences that apply to this offence, which differ depending on whether the delivery company is charged with an offence in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
	Subsection (11) provides that proceedings in Scotland for an offence under subsection (4) have to be commenced no later than 12 months following the commission of the offence.
	This Section forms part of the law of the United Kingdom.