Part 4: Possession etc of certain offensive weapons Section 49: Payments in respect of surrendered offensive weapons
Section 49 applies if the Secretary of State, Scottish Ministers or the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland make arrangements for the surrender of weapons in accordance with section 48 (surrender of prohibited offensive weapons).
	Subsections (2) to (6) provide that the Secretary of State, Scottish Ministers and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland must, by regulations, provide for payments to be made in respect of weapons which are surrendered in accordance with such arrangements.
	Subsections (7) to (10) provide that payments may only be made when a claim for compensation meets specific criteria.
	Subsection (11) sets out the provision that may be made by regulations under subsections (2) or (6), which includes restricting eligibility to receive compensation payments and the procedure to be followed to determine claims.
	This section forms part of the law of the United Kingdom.