Guidance and Fact sheets

FIREARMS GUIDANCE

Document titleDocument date
Approval of Rifle and Muzzle Loading Pistol Clubs
Dept of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Guidance on the Export of Firearms 12 May 2009
Firearm Energy Comparisons – Advice for Enquiry Officers
Firearms Acts and associated amendments 1968-2007 (ACPO 2007)
Firearms Law - Guidance to the Police (Home Office 2002)
Practical Shotgun – an overview of good reason (ACPO 2007)
Specifications for the Adaption of shotgun magazines and the de-activation of firearms (Home Office 1995)

FIREARMS GUIDANCE - External links

Document titleDocument date
Firearms Security - A Brief Guide (Home Office leaflet) 28 January 2009
Firearms licensing - procedural good practice guide (ACPO 2002) 28 January 2009
Ban on self-contained gas cartridge weapons (Home Office leaflet) 28 January 2009
Air weapons: a brief guide to safety (Home Office leaflet) 28 January 2009
Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 – Firearms (Home Office circular) 28 January 2009
HM Revenue & Customs Guidance on the Import of Firearms 28 January 2009
Firearms Security Handbook (Home Office 2005) 28 January 2009

FIREARMS GUIDANCE – Northern Ireland

Document titleDocument date
Northern Ireland Office firearms website 28 January 2009
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) firearms website 28 January 2009
Guidance on Northern Ireland Firearms Controls (NIO 2006) 28 January 2009

EXPLOSIVES GUIDANCE

  BASC/ACPO guide to explosives legislation

  Explosives Licensing Update 2009

  Best practice for explosives record keeping

Document titleDocument date
HSE Guidance on Shooters Powders 28 January 2009
HSE Guidance on the carriage (by private individuals) of black powder & small arms ammunition 28 January 2009
HSE Explosives website 28 January 2009
HSE - Find your local Police Explosives Liaison Officer 28 January 2009
HSE Security guidance for registered premises 28 January 2009
MSER Approved Code of Practice – Northern Ireland (HSE NI) 28 January 2009
MSER 2005 Approved Code of Practice 29 January 2010

KNIVES

Knives - advice and guidance

FACT SHEETS

Document titleDocument date
Additional Conditions on Firearm Certificates 11 September 2009
Additional Conditions on Firearm Certificates - Advice for Firearms Licencing Staff 16 October 2009
Borrowing Rifles 1 June 2007
Carriage of Firearms and Ammunition on Ferries 1 January 2009
Crossbows 1 October 2007
Firearm Security 1 January 2009
Gundog Training – Starting pistols and Dummy launchers 1 February 2007
Handguns for Humane Dispatch 16 October 2009
Non Certificate Holders and Shotguns 3 June 2009
Notifying change of address 1 January 2009
RFD’s - FAQ’s 1 January 2009
Rights of Way and Access (England and Wales) 1 January 2009
Rights of Way and Access (Scotland) 30 July 2009
Sale of Goods and Consumer Advice 30 July 2009
Sales and Marketing - [Trade Descriptions] 25 September 2009
Section One Firearms 6 April 2009
Semi-automatic Firearms for Vermin Control 2 December 2009
Transportation, Import and Export of Firearms 3 March 2008
Worrying Livestock By Dogs 6 July 2009
Young People and Airguns 6 March 2009
Young People and Firearms 5 January 2009
Young People and Shotgun Certificates 7 January 2008
Young People and Shotguns 2 January 2009

Police involvement with shooting

Document titleDocument date
Firearms seizures 18 June 2009
Police Cautions 17 June 2009
The police officers guide to shooters 18 January 2010

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