Part 4: Possession etc of certain offensive weapons Section 48: Surrender of prohibited offensive weapons
Section 48 provides the Secretary of State, Scottish Ministers and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland with the power to make appropriate arrangements to secure the surrender of weapons which will become unlawful to possess due to the operation of sections 44 and 46 (by themselves or in combination with sections 43 and 47 respectively) (subsections (1) to (3)).
	Subsection (4) makes provision for the Chief Officer of Police for any force area in England and Wales and Scotland to designate any police station in their force’s area as being suitable for the receipt of surrendered weapons or surrendered weapons of a particular description. Chief Officer of Police includes the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland.
	Subsection (5) makes provision for the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to designate any police station in Northern Ireland as being suitable for the receipt of surrendered weapons generally or surrendered weapons of a particular description.
	This section forms part of the law the United Kingdom.