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Licensing guidance, good practice on firearms law, and forms for applying for approvals under the law.
Firearms application form, the form to vary a firearm certificate and guidance notes.
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Controls on the brokering of goods that could be used as parts or accessories for weapons of mass destruction and need an export licence.
Archive of statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates issued by police forces in England and Wales under the Firearms Acts 1968 to 1997.
Statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates issued by police forces in England and Wales under the Firearms Act 1968 (as amended).
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