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(1)Where, outside Great Britain, any firearm or shot gun is sold or otherwise disposed of by a transferor whose acquisition or purchase of the firearm or shot gun was authorised by a firearm certificate or shot gun certificate, the transferor shall within 14 days of the disposal give notice of it to the chief officer of police who granted his certificate.
(2)A failure to give a notice required by subsection (1) above shall be an offence.
(3)Where, outside Great Britain—
(a)a firearm to which a firearm or shot gun certificate relates is de-activated, destroyed or lost (whether by theft or otherwise); or
(b)any ammunition to which section 1 of the 1968 Act applies, and a firearm certificate relates, is lost (whether by theft or otherwise),
the certificate holder who was last in possession of the firearm or ammunition before that event shall within 14 days of the event give notice of it to the chief officer of police who granted the certificate.
(4)A failure, without reasonable excuse, to give a notice required by subsection (3) above shall be an offence.
(5)A notice required by this section shall—
(a)contain a description of the firearm or ammunition in question (including any identification number); and
(b)state the nature of the event and, in the case of a disposal, the name and address of the other party.
(6)A notice required by this section shall be sent within 14 days of the disposal or other event—
(a)if it is sent from a place in the United Kingdom, by registered post or by the recorded delivery service; and
(b)in any other case, in such manner as most closely corresponds to the use of registered post or the recorded delivery service.
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