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Firearms Act 1968

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Version Superseded: 31/12/2020

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Point in time view as at 01/04/2013. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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Firearms Act 1968, Section 27 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

27 Special provisions about firearm certificates.E+W+S

[F1(1)A firearm certificate shall be granted where the chief officer of police is satisfied—

(a)that the applicant is fit to be entrusted with a firearm to which section 1 of this Act applies and is not a person prohibited by this Act from possessing such a firearm;

(b)that he has a good reason for having in his possession, or for purchasing or acquiring, the firearm or ammunition in respect of which the application is made; and

(c)that in all the circumstances the applicant can be permitted to have the firearm or ammunition in his possession without danger to the public safety or to the peace.]

F2[(1A)For the purposes of subsection (1) above a person under the age of eighteen shall be capable of having a good reason for having a firearm or ammunition in his possession, or for F3... acquiring it, only if he has no intention of using the firearm or ammunition, at any time before he attains the age of eighteen, for a purpose not authorised by the European weapons directive.]

(2)A firearm certificate shall be in the prescribed form and shall specify the conditions (if any) subject to which it is held, the nature and number of the firearms to which it relates [F4, including if known their identification numbers,] and, as respects ammunition, the quantities authorised to be purchased [F4or acquired] and to be held at any one time thereunder.

(3)This section applies to the renewal of a firearm certificate as it applies to a grant.

Textual Amendments

F1S. 27(1) substituted (1.7.1997) by 1997 c. 5, s. 38; S.I. 1997/1535, art. 3(b), Sch. Pt. I

F2S. 27(1A) inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/2823, reg. 4(2)

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