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Controls under the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, prohibited weapons, applications for removal of prohibition and making an appeal.
Guidance for businesses and individuals on what licence and supporting documentation you need to export firearms, ammunition and related equipment.
Licensing guidance, good practice on firearms law, and forms for applying for approvals under the law.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
This series brings together firearms guidance and application forms.
Firearms application form, the form to vary a firearm certificate and guidance notes.
Statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates issued by police forces in England and Wales under the Firearms Act 1968 (as amended).
This independent body was established under the Fireworks (Amendment) Act 1088 with a remit to keep under review the controls on firearms, to make recommendations to the Home Secretary as to how these may be improved, and to advise him...
Statistics on police use of firearms across England and Wales.
Specifications for adapting shotgun magazines and deactivating firearms.
Form which vessel-based armoury (VBA) operators must complete to store firearms on a VBA in the high-risk area of the Indian Ocean.
Consolidated guidance on firearms legislation.
Use our voluntary advance checks form to pre-submit details of EU firearms dealers to Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU).
Information on how to get firearms licensing, manage weapons for a shooting club or get a museum licence.
We are seeking views on a number of recommendations made to the government relating to firearms licensing.
The firearms security handbook provides guidance on storing and transporting firearms.
GB residents are no longer able to use a European Firearms Pass.
Guidance and additional measures relating to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403.
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