Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997

21 Grant of licences

(1) The Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, on the application in the prescribed form of an officer of a club who has been nominated for the purpose, grant a licence in respect of that club and such club premises as are specified in the licence.

(2) The application shall specify the club premises (or if two or more separate premises, each of them) in respect of which a licence is sought, being premises where storage of small-calibre pistols on behalf of members of the club, or the use of such pistols by members for target shooting, will be permitted by the licence.

(3) A licence shall specify the club premises on which small-calibre pistols may be stored or used and may limit the uses which may be made of the premises so specified or any part of them.

(4) A licence may include limitations excluding or restricting the application of section 27(3) below to members of the club.

(5) A licence shall be granted to the officer of the club who made the application on behalf of the club.

(6) There shall be payable on the grant or renewal of a licence a fee of £150.

This subsection shall be included in the provisions which may be amended by an order under section 43 of the 1968 Act.

(7) In this Part “the responsible officer”, in relation to a licensed pistol club, means the officer of the club to whom the licence was granted or who has since become the responsible officer by virtue of a variation of the terms of the licence.