Circular 007/2021: The Firearms (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021
Published 1 November 2021
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Home Office circular 007/2021
1. This circular sets out changes to the Firearms Rules 1998 which will take effect from 1 November 2021, and introduces changes relating to:
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the prescribed forms for applying for a firearm and/or shotgun certificate or to be registered as a firearms dealer, introducing a requirement for the applicant to provide relevant medical information on a detachable proforma contained in the application or registration form.
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the prescribed forms for applying for, or to vary, a firearm and/or shotgun certificate, enabling the recording of information relating to the unique identifying mark as applied to the weapon’s frame or receiver and, where different, the unique identifying mark as applied to each relevant component part.
2. Section 53 of the Firearms Act 1968 gives the Secretary of State a power to make rules prescribing the form of certificates and other things that need prescribing under the Act. The rules made under section 53 are the Firearms Rules 1998 (“the Firearms Rules”).
3. The prescribed forms for applying for a firearm or shotgun certificate, or to vary a certificate, are Forms 201 and 201V. The prescribed form to apply to be a registered as a firearms dealer is Form 116.
4. The Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2021 makes provision to enable chief officers of police to process applications for a firearm certificate, shotgun certificate or registered firearms dealer’s certificate which are made using the old forms that are to be replaced. This can be done provided that the application concerned is received on or before 1 December 2021.