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  • Student skills investment to boost UK defence industry

    Britain’s defence industry will benefit from an £80 million skills boost to increase places on key strategically-relevant courses.

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  • Firearms

    This series brings together firearms guidance and application forms.

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  • Hunting and shooting wildlife

    Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt

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      You must follow the rules for hunting and shooting wildlife including:…

    • Birds

      You can shoot certain species of game birds, quarry birds and waterfowl…

    • Mammals

      There are different rules for foxes, deer and other mammals. Foxes It’s…

  • Guns, knives, swords and other offensive weapons: UK border control

    This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.

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  • Firearms licensing

    Licensing guidance, good practice on firearms law, and forms for applying for approvals under the law.

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  • Weapons: defence science and technology capability

    Dstl ensures the UK armed forces have the required weapons capability through research, development and demonstration of advances in science and technology.

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  • Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons

    Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons has been replaced by Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons Expert Committee . The Scientific Advisory Committee on the medical implications of less-lethal weapons (SACMILL) provides independent advice to UK government...

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  • Selling, buying and carrying knives and weapons

    The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.

  • Firearms and explosives controls in Northern Ireland

    Controls under the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, prohibited weapons, applications for removal of prohibition and making an appeal.

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  • Exporting firearms

    Guidance for businesses and individuals on what licence and supporting documentation you need to export firearms, ammunition and related equipment.

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