Certificate forms and fees

PLEASE CHECK BEFORE MAKING PAYMENTS TO FIREARMS LICENSING

With the appointment of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), Police Authorities no longer exist. Licensing departments have made changes to their account names. It is important that your cheque for your grant, renewal or variation of a firearm, shotgun, RFD certificate or visitor's permit must be made payable to the correct police force account to avoid delays in processing your application. The firearms licensing contact lists (below) now carry the specific payee names for each constabulary and police force.

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Downloadable Firearms Forms

Document titleDocument date
Application for a visitor's firearm/shot gun permit 21 June 2012
Explosives certificate application/renewal form 21 June 2012
Explosives renewal form (to accompany firearm/shotgun certificate renewal) 21 June 2012
Firearms certificate application form 21 June 2012
Firearms certificate reference form 21 June 2012
Home Office club approval application form 21 June 2012
Registered Firearms Dealer application for an additional place of business 21 June 2012
Registered Firearms Dealers application form 21 June 2012
Shotgun certificate application form 21 June 2012
Visitors explosives certificate application form 21 June 2012
 

BASC Guidance on Firearms Applications

Document titleDocument date
BASC Guidance on Firearms Applications 21 June 2012
BASC Guidance on Shotgun Applications 21 June 2012
Firearms Renewals - Don't get caught out - NEW
Notifying change of address 21 June 2012
Security Assessments at Renewal - NEW 21 June 2012

Other useful documents 

Document titleDocument date
Firearms and shotgun notification of transfer form 21 June 2012
Firearms licensing contacts (England & Wales) 8 May 2013
Firearms licensing contacts (Scotland) 8 May 2013

Fees for certificates in England, Wales and Scotland

Firearm Certificate – Grant

£50

Firearm Certificate – Renewal

£40

Firearm Certificate – Variation (One for One variations are free)

£26

Replacement Firearm certificate (e.g. where your certificate has been lost completely. Dilapidated certificates are replaced for Free)

£9

Shotgun Certificate – Grant

£50

Shotgun Certificate – Renewal

£40

Shotgun Certificate – Co-terminous*

£10

Replacement Shotgun certificate (e.g. where your certificate has been lost completely. Dilapidated certificates are replaced for Free)

£8

Registered Firearms Dealer – Grant (per premise or shop - valid for 3 years)

£150

Registered Firearms Dealer – Renewal (per premise or shop - valid for 3 years)

£150

Registration of an additional place of business (for game/trade fairs - if principal place of business is in the same Police Force area)

Free

Registration of an additional place of business (for game/trade fairs - if principal place of business is in the another Police Force area)

£12

Visitors Permit (1 to 5 people)

£12 per person

Visitors Permit (6 to 20 people)

£60 for the group

Home Office Approval of Rifle & Muzzle-loading Pistol clubs – (Grant or renewal - valid for 6 years)

£84

Firearm Certificate for Home Office approved club (Valid for 5 years)

Free

* If you are applying for the grant or renewal of a shotgun certificate and you already hold a firearm certificate, you can save money by requesting that both certificates expire on the same date (i.e. made coterminous). To do this all you need to do is tick question 21b on the shotgun application form. Future renewals of your shotgun certificate will be at the reduced fee of £10

Fees for certificates in Northern Ireland

Firearm Certificate – Grant

£50

Firearm Certificate - Variation

£26

Firearm Certificate variation to substitute one firearm for another of the same calibre or type (known as a one for one variation) 

£10.00

Replacement Firearm certificate (e.g. where your certificate has been lost completely. Dilapidated certificates are replaced for Free)

£9

Visitors Permit (1 to 5 people)

£12 per person

Visitors Permit (6 to 20 people)

£60 for the group

Firearms Club authorisation (Grant or renewal – valid for 5 years)

£84

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