http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/30/2020-12-31Firearms Act 1968An Act to consolidate the Firearms Acts 1937 and 1965, the Air Guns and Shot Guns, etc. , Act 1962, Part V of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and certain enactments amending the Firearms Act 1937.1978-08-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-06-19Expert Participation2020-12-31 Part II Firearm and Shot Gun Certificates; Registration of Firearms Dealers Grant, renewal, variation and revocation of firearm and shot gun certificates Revocation of certificates.301A firearm certificate may be revoked by the chief officer of police for the area in which the holder resides if—athe chief officer is satisfied that the holder is prohibited by this Act from possessing a firearm to which section 1 of this Act applies or is of intemperate habits or unsound mind, or is otherwise unfitted to be entrusted with such a firearm; orbthe holder fails to comply with a notice under section 29(1) of this Act requiring him to deliver up the certificate.2A shot gun certificate may be revoked by the chief officer of police if he is satisfied that the holder is prohibited by this Act from possessing a shot gun or cannot be permitted to possess a shot gun without danger to the public safety or to the peace.3A person aggrieved by the revocation of a certificate under subsection (1)(a) or (2) of this section may in accordance with section 44 of this Act appeal against the refusal.4Where a certificate is revoked by the chief officer of police under this section, he shall by notice in writing require the holder to surrender the certificate; and it is an offence for the holder to fail to do so within twenty-one days from the date of the notice:Provided that, if an appeal is brought against the revocation, this subsection shall not apply to that revocation unless the appeal is abandoned or dismissed, and shall then apply with the substitution, for the reference to the date of the notice, of a reference to the date on which the appeal was abandoned or dismissed.S. 30(4) restricted by Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 45, SIF 51:1), s. 12(5)
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