4 Offences in relation to certain dangerous articles

4  Offences in relation to certain dangerous articles

(1)     It shall be an offence for any person without lawful authority or reasonable excuse (the proof of which shall lie on him) to have with him—

(a)     in any aircraft registered in the United Kingdom, whether at a time when the aircraft is in the United Kingdom or not, or

(b)     in any other aircraft at a time when it is in, or in flight over, the United Kingdom, or

(c)     in any part of an aerodrome in the United Kingdom, or

(d)     in any air navigation installation in the United Kingdom which does not form part of an aerodrome.

any article to which this section applies.

(2)     This section applies to the following articles, that is to say—

(a)     any firearm, or any article having the appearance of being a firearm, whether capable of being discharged

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