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(1)Where—
(a)a certificate relating to a firearm identified in a European firearms pass or a certificate in respect of which an Article 7 authority has been issued is varied, revoked or cancelled under this Act;
(b)the Secretary of State gives notice that any European firearms pass needs to be modified by the addition or variation of any such statement as is mentioned in section 32A(3)(e) of this Act; or
(c)the holder of a European firearms pass applies to have particulars of another firearm added to the pass,
it shall be the duty of the chief officer of police for the area in which the holder of the pass or authority resides to make such variations of the pass or authority as are appropriate in consequence of the variation, revocation, cancellation, notice or application or, where appropriate, to cancel it.
(2)For the purpose of performing his duty under subsection (1) above the chief officer of police for the area in which any person who is or has been the holder of any certificate resides may, by notice in writing, require that person, within twenty-one days of the date of the notice, to produce or surrender to him any European firearms pass or Article 7 authority issued to that person.
(3)Where a person is for the time being the holder of an Article 7 authority issued under section 32A(2) of this Act by the chief officer of police for any area, the chief officer of police for that area may, if he thinks fit, at any time—
(a)revoke that authority; and
(b)by notice in writing require that person, within twenty-one days of the date of the notice, to surrender that authority to him.
(4)Where a firearm identified in a European firearms pass which is for the time being valid, is lost or stolen, the holder of the pass shall immediately—
(a)inform the chief officer of police for the area in which he resides about the loss or theft; and
(b)produce the pass to that chief officer for him to endorse particulars of that loss or theft on the pass.
(5)Where a firearm to which an endorsement under subsection (4) above relates is returned to the possession of the holder of the pass in question, the chief officer of police for the area in which that person resides may, on the production to him of that pass, make such further endorsement on that pass as may be appropriate.
(6)It is an offence for any person to fail to comply with a notice given to him under subsection (2) or (3) above or with any obligation imposed on him by virtue of subsection (4)(a) or (b) above.
(7)Any reference in this section to the variation of a certificate includes a reference to the making of any entry on a shot gun certificate in pursuance of the requirement under [F2section 32(2)(b) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (requirements relating to transfers of firearms)] to comply with instructions contained in the certificate.
Textual Amendments
F1Heading and ss. 32A-32C inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/2823, reg. 5(1)
F2Words in s. 32C(7) substituted (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 5, s. 52(1), Sch. 2 para. 6; S.I. 1997/1535, art. 3(c), Sch. Pt. II
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