Guidance and Fact sheets

GENERAL FIREARMS GUIDANCE

Document titleDocument date
Approval of Rifle and Muzzle Loading Pistol Clubs (Home Office)
Dept of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Guidance on the Export of Firearms
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)
Firearms Licensing - procedural good practice guide (ACPO 2002)
Firearms Security Handbook 2005 (Home Office) 25 May 2010
Guidance on the Import of Firearms (HMRC/UKBA)
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)

AIR WEAPONS GUIDANCE

Document titleDocument date
Air Weapons - A brief guide to safety (Home Office Leaflet)
Ban on self-contained gas cartridge weapons (Home Office Leaflet)
Firearms measures - Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (Home Office Circular)

FIREARMS & YOUNG PEOPLE

Document titleDocument date
Young People and Airguns
Young People and Firearms
Young People and Shotgun Certificates
Young People and Shotguns

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

Document titleDocument date
BASC/ACPO guide to explosives legislation 22 January 2010
Best practice for explosives record keeping
Black Powder - Transport
Explosives Licensing Update 2009
MSER 2005 - Approved Code of Practice
MSER 2005 - Security for registered premises
MSER 2005 Approved Code of Practice (Northern Ireland)
Shooters Powders - HSE Advice

HSE Explosives Website

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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
Borrowing Shotguns 1 April 2010
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
Notifying change of address 1 January 2009
Open firearm certificate conditions [NEW] 25 May 2010
Rights of Way and Access (England and Wales) [NEW] 24 May 2010
Rights of Way and Access (Scotland) 30 July 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

TRADE & CONSUMER ADVICE

Document titleDocument date
100% Proof - a guide to proof marks
RFD’s - FAQ’s 1 January 2009
Sale of Goods and Consumer Advice 30 July 2009
Sales and Marketing - [Trade Descriptions] 25 September 2009

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