© The Deer Initiative 2009 • www.thedeerinitiative.co.uk No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from action in reliance on or as a result of the material included in or omitted from this publication can be or is accepted by the author(s) Legislation: Firearms • 26.06.09 Introduction The aim of this guide is to highlight aspects of the legislation relating to the use of legally held firearms for culling or dispatching wild deer. It is not a complete discussion of all aspects of legal firearms possession and use. For the purposes of this guide it is assumed that any firearms and ammunition referred to are legally held and suitable for purpose. This guide is linked to the Deer Legislation guide. General Current firearms legislation is complex, the main statutes being the Firearms Acts, 1968 to 1997 together with the Firearms Rules 1998 which deals specifically with certification. This guide cannot cover all aspects of the legislation and definitive meanings must be taken from the legislation itself and any subsequent case law. There are two Home Office guides on the subject of firearms: Firearms Law: Guidance to the Police (2002) 1 Firearms security handbook 2005 2 Certification Three main classifications of firearms exist: firearms (usually rifles) (section 1) prohibited weapons such as most pistols (section 5) shotguns (section 2) ♦ ♦ ♦ Note that separate component parts (i.e. pressure bearing components such as barrel, bolt or action, as well as sound moderators and flash suppressors are also regarded as firearms in their own right. Possession of Section 1 and 5 firearms requires a firearms certificate (FAC), for a shotgun a shotgun certificate (SC) is required. There are a number of statutory conditions. the holder must, on receipt of the certificate, sign it in ink; firearms and ammunition must be kept in a secure place, when not in use; any theft, loss, destruction or deactivation of a firearm must be reported to the police; any change in permanent address must be notified to the police; ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
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