Part IIE+W+S Firearm and Shot Gun Certificates; Registration of Firearms Dealers

SupplementaryE+W+S

F1[42A Information as to transactions under visitors’ permits.E+W+S

(1)A person who sells, lets on hire, gives or lends a shot gun with a magazine to another person who—

(a)shows that he is entitled to purchase or acquire the weapon as the holder of a visitor’s shot gun permit under section 17 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988; but

(b)fails to show that the purchase or acquisition falls within subsection (1A)(c) F2... of that section (temporary acquisitions F3...) or that he resides outside [F4Great Britain],

shall, within forty-eight hours of the transaction, send [F5by permitted means] notice of the transaction to the chief officer of police who granted that permit.

(2)A notice under subsection (1) above shall—

(a)contain a description of the shot gun (giving the identification number if any);

(b)state the nature of the transaction (giving the name of the person to whom the gun has been sold, let on hire, given or lent, his address in [F6Great Britain] where he resides and the number and place of issue of his passport, if any); and

(c)set out the particulars of any licence granted for the purposes of an order made under section 1 of the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939 by virtue of which the transaction is authorised under section 17 of that Act of 1988.

[F7(2A)  A notice is sent by permitted means for the purposes of subsection (1) if it is sent—

(a)by registered post;

(b)by the recorded delivery service; or

(c)by permitted electronic means (see section 42B).]

(3)It is an offence for a person to fail to comply with this section.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 42A inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/2823, reg. 6(2)