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This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Licensing guidance, good practice on firearms law, and forms for applying for approvals under the law.
The Scientific Advisory Committee on the medical implications of less-lethal weapons (SACMILL) provides independent advice to UK government departments and organisations on the biophysical, biomechanical, pathological and clinical aspects of less-lethal weapon systems. SACMILL is an advisory non-departmental public body,...
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
Controls under the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, prohibited weapons, applications for removal of prohibition and making an appeal.
What you need to know before you can place a medical device on the Great Britain market with a UKCA mark.
Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapon (SACMILL) and its predecessor, DOMILL medical statements.
The steps you can take to tackle an intruder or burglar in your own home - and what force you can use to defend yourself
Explains the law behind carrying an article with a blade or point or an offensive weapon in a public place.
Criminal Legal Aid Manual updated to explain the process for applications for partially convicted defendants to pay a proportion of their costs.
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.
Guidance on safe handling and storage of air guns and air rifles.
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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