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Licensing of Firearms in Northern Ireland

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  • 11-02-2005 11:07pm
    #1
    Gun Shy
    Registered Users Posts: 207 ✭✭


    The New Regulations have been posted

    worth a good read!!!!!!! heres the link

    http://www.psni.police.uk/index/advice_centre/firearms.htm

    The Main Points

    European Firearms Passes
    – Citizens of the European Union may hold a European Firearms Pass which facilitates travel with the listed firearms through EU Countries, however, a European Firearms Pass is not accepted in GB or Northern Ireland – You must have a Visitors Certificate issued by the police in GB and \ or Northern Ireland.

    Under the Firearms Order (NI) 2004 non-GB visitors wishing to bring firearms into Northern Ireland must have an application submitted on their behalf by a ‘sponsor’ who must be a resident of Northern Ireland. Form 30 / 38

    Referees

    Article 4 (2) (c) of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 requires applicants to provide the names of two suitable referees both of whom must be of good character and have known the applicant for at least two years. A person is not a suitable referee if they are

    a firearms dealer;
    a police officer or member of the police support staff; or
    a resident outside the United Kingdom or
    a relative of the applicant; relative in relation to a person, means -
    (a) the father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, grandmother, grandfather, grandson or granddaughter of the applicant or of the applicant's spouse or former spouse, or

    (b) the brother, sister, uncle, aunt, niece or nephew (whether of the full blood or of the half blood or by affinity) of the applicant or of the applicant's spouse or former spouse, and includes, in relation to a person who is living or has lived with another person as husband and wife, any person who would fall within paragraph (a) or (b) if the parties were married to each other.

    Members of firearms clubs making application for a target weapon may have a club official as one of their referees provided that person is of good character and has known the applicant for at least one year.

    The other referee must fulfil the normal criteria given above. Both referees must sign the declaration at Part E of the application form only after it has been completed and should return the separate Reference Form direct to Firearms and Explosives Branch in the envelope provided.


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