The declaration taken at the end of live firing, is also a legal minefield. As a qualified RCO, I would be required to take from everyone present 'the declaration'.
A number of my assistants would then carry the remaining live rounds, all the empty brass, and a large collection of weapons off the range. place them in their cars, and drive them back t the armoury. Often these assistants would be civilians, who had no blue card, and would be driving their own civilain cars. Often to an armoury many miles away.
As one of my civvy jobs once entailed traffic management for the Home Office
, I often imagined the conversation which would undoubtedly taken place following a routine traffic stop..........