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This series brings together firearms guidance and application forms.
Licensing guidance, good practice on firearms law, and forms for applying for approvals under the law.
From bespoke tuition to inclusive coaching, CNC’s refreshed training gives recruits the tools to succeed in armed policing.
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
Dstl ensures the UK armed forces have the required weapons capability through research, development and demonstration of advances in science and technology.
GSCU, now known as Government Skills was created in September 2020 and is part of the Government People Group within the Cabinet Office.
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
The Scientific Advisory Committee on the medical implications of less-lethal weapons (SACMILL) provides independent advice to UK government departments and organisations on the biophysical, biomechanical, pathological and clinical aspects of less-lethal weapon systems. SACMILL is an advisory non-departmental public body,...
Skills England works with partners to create better skills for better jobs, enabling growth and opportunity. Skills England is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Education .
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