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You may apply for a firearm certificate, a shotgun certificate, or both provided you meet the required criteria. When a patient applies for or is granted a firearms licence, the GP will add the appropriate SNOMED code to a patient’s medical record. This will create a Digital Firearms Marker on the medical record. If you meet the criteria and can demonstrate that you require a firearm or shotgun on a regular, legitimate basis (good reason) for work, sport or leisure (including collection or research) then you may apply using form 201 found below. Implementing Regulation 2015/2403 has been revised. On 28 June 2018 revised deactivation standards come into effect. new coterminous applications, of which 96% were granted and 4% were refused (this allows for a holders’ firearm and shotgun certificate to expire on the same day)

The fees are (with certain exceptions for museums) intended to recover the costs of the Home Office, Scottish Government and the police in administering applications. Fees are payable on grant. The applicable fee levels are set out in the Firearms (Fees) Regulations 2019. Further information is contained in Home Office Circular 006/2019: Firearms (Fees) Regulations 2019. If you cancel your application Existing certificate holders will be notified in writing 16 weeks prior to the expiry of their existing certificate(s). As at 31 March 2023, an average of 4.2 firearms were held on a firearms certificate. This compares with 4.1 as at 31 March 2022 and is the highest average recorded since 2009 (when comparable records began). The average number of firearms held on a certificate has shown a steady increase over the past 15 years, with the lowest being 3.1 as at 31 March 2009.

More dangerous firearms, classified as ‘prohibited weapons’ are covered by Section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968. They generally require authority from the Scottish Government. Shotgun certificates Where possible, GPs should alert the police if they become aware that a firearm certificate holder has died. Legal risk the applicant has a ‘good reason’ for having the firearm; the ‘good reason’ test applied to firearms certificates is complex, but most firearm certificate holders possess firearms for reasons relating to their profession, sport, collection or recreation

We strongly support the Government’s overall message, that gun ownership is a privilege and not a right, and that firearms must be in the hands of only those who are deemed safe and responsible. respond to the request for information and how the police act in the absence of medical information, The guidance is only available as an online document. This will help us update the guidance promptly if there are any changes to legislation or processes and help keep the guidance accurate. Data on weapons held on firearm and shotgun certificates by police force area are in Tables 2, 4 and 14. The law on antique firearms is changing. From 22 March 2021 some firearms previously regarded as antique, and therefore exempt from control, no longer qualify as such and must now be licensed. Owners of these firearms must act by 23:59 on 21 September 2021 to licence them or lawfully dispose of them.

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Data on firearm and shotgun certificates on issue by police force area are in Tables 2 and 4. 4. Weapons covered by firearm and shotgun certificates The new statutory guidance will formally come into effect in the coming weeks (planned for 1 November). However, it is being published now (18 October) to allow the police to make the necessary preparations for it to come into effect. E. Appraisal General assumptions and data It is important to raise awareness of counter terrorism to Firearms Certificate Holders. You can learn more in this Firearms Terrorism leaflet. All costs incurred as a result of this certification must be met by the owners of the deactivated weapons. The government will not provide any financial assistance to cover these costs and it will not provide compensation for any claims arising as a result of the additional certification requirement.