Version Superseded: 18/07/2019
Point in time view as at 31/01/2017. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Policing and Crime Act 2017, Section 132 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. 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.
(1)After section 32 of the Firearms Act 1968 (fee for certificate and exemption from paying it in certain cases) insert—
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations authorise the appropriate national authority to require payment of a fee before an authority under section 5 is granted, varied or renewed.
(2)Regulations under subsection (1) must specify the amount of any fee that may be charged.
(3)The regulations may make different provision for different cases (including specifying different fees for different cases).
(4)The regulations may include—
(a)incidental, supplementary or consequential provision;
(b)transitional, transitory or saving provision.
(5)Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.
(6)A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(7)In this section, “the appropriate national authority” means—
(a)in or as regards England and Wales, the Secretary of State;
(b)in or as regards Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.”
(2)Before section 16 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 insert—
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations authorise the appropriate national authority to require payment of a fee before an approval under section 15 is granted, varied or renewed.
(2)Regulations under subsection (1) must specify the amount of any fee that may be charged.
(3)The regulations may make different provision for different cases (including specifying different fees for different cases).
(4)The regulations may include—
(a)incidental, supplementary or consequential provision;
(b)transitional, transitory or saving provision.
(5)Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.
(6)A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(7)In this section, “the appropriate national authority” means—
(a)in or as regards England and Wales, the Secretary of State;
(b)in or as regards Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.”
(3)In the Schedule to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (firearms and ammunition in museums), omit paragraph 3.
(4)In that Schedule, before paragraph 4 insert—
“3A(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations authorise the appropriate national authority to require payment of a fee before a licence is granted, varied or renewed.
(2)Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) must specify the amount of any fee that may be charged.
(3)The regulations may make different provision for different cases (including specifying different fees for different cases).
(4)The regulations may include—
(a)incidental, supplementary or consequential provision;
(b)transitional, transitory or saving provision.
(5)Regulations under this paragraph are to be made by statutory instrument.
(6)A statutory instrument containing regulations under this paragraph is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(7)In this section, “the appropriate national authority” means—
(a)in or as regards England and Wales, the Secretary of State;
(b)in or as regards Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.”
(5)In consequence of the amendment made by subsection (2), omit section 15(6) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988.
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