The Home Office requires the Specific Impact Test on the Equality Statement to have a summary paragraph, stating the main points. You cannot delete this and it MUST be completed. Economic Impact Tests Does your policy option/proposal consider…? Component parts of Section 1 firearms also require a firearm certificate. This also applies to accessories, such as sound moderators. The law on antique firearms is changing. From 22 March 2021 some firearms previously regarded as antique, and therefore exempt from control, no longer qualify as such and must now be licensed.

I am content to provide a summary limited to medical facts and compiled from the records for a fee which I shall charge to the applicant. You will receive the report upon my receipt of this fee from the applicant. Until such time as you receive my report you should assume that the applicant has declined to provide this fee.* Option 2 Office for National Statistics (ONS) 2021 census do not include data for ‘gender unknown’ therefore ‘per 100,000 population’ figures are not available. This release presents statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates issued by police forces in England and Wales under the Firearms Act 1968 (as amended). 1. SummaryBusinesses – applicants who use the firearms in the course of their business (for example, pest control or gamekeepers) and doctors who provide the medical information. Children aged 13 and under cannot lawfully hold a firearm certificate. Information on the exemptions that apply to young people under the Firearms Act which allow them to possess a firearm or shotgun in certain circumstances, for example; sporting purposes, use at a rifle or pistol club, cadet corps or miniature rifle range is available in Appendix 4 in the Home Office Guide on firearms licensing law and provides further detail on the laws and exemptions for young people holding certificates. A citizen applies for a firearms licence and provides a blank medical information proforma to their GP surgery, requesting that it is completed by a doctor. firearms and shotguns reported as lost or stolen (0.03% of around 2 million firearms and shotguns covered by certificates on issue over the same period), a 19% increase (+83) compared with the year ending 31 March 2022

Sound moderators are an accessory subject to certificate control as “items designed to reduce the noise or flash of a firearm”. 4.2 Types of weapon held on shotgun certificates Section 2 shotguns, in general, are weapons that may have a magazine restricted to no more than two rounds. If you meet the criteria and can demonstrate that you require a firearm or shotgun on a regular, legitimate basis (good reason) for work, sport or leisure (including collection or research) then you may apply using form 201 found below. The police inform the GP surgery of their decision. The GP surgery then adds a code to the electronic patient record which indicates either that the individual has a firearms licence or that their firearm licence application was rejected. Situation 2: A new condition specified within the trigger reference set is added to the record of a firearms licence holder, or an applicant who is waiting for their decision from the police

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This includes a clarification that it is the responsibility of the applicant to arrange for information on their medical suitability to be provided by their GP (or another suitably qualified doctor registered with the GMC) to the police firearms licensing department dealing with their application. new applications for firearm certificates, of which 97% were granted and 3% were refused (a similar proportion to the year ending 31 March 2022) Please complete Form 201V and return to your local Firearms and Explosives Licensing Department with the relevant fee. (Only payable if you are increasing your number of firearms). As at 31 March 2021, 565,929 people held a firearm and/or shotgun certificate, a decrease of 3% (-20,422) compared with the previous year and the lowest number since comparable figures have been available (March 2016). This total figure includes those that only hold a firearm certificate, those that only hold a shotgun certificate and those that hold both types of certificate. A person is only counted once if they hold both firearm and shotgun certificates. UK firearms policy is based on the fact that firearms are dangerous weapons and the state has a duty to protect the public from their misuse. Assessment

the applicant has a ‘good reason’ for having the firearm; the ‘good reason’ test applied to firearms certificates is complex, but most firearm certificate holders possess firearms for reasons relating to their profession, sport, collection or recreation The accompanying data tables for this statistical release can be found on GOV.UK. 3. Firearm and shotgun certificates on issue Data on weapons held on firearm and shotgun certificates by police force area are in Tables 2, 4 and 14.The new statutory guidance will formally come into effect in the coming weeks (planned for 1 November). However, it is being published now (18 October) to allow the police to make the necessary preparations for it to come into effect. E. Appraisal General assumptions and data Firearms applicants should be able to demonstrate to the licensing authority that they require their firearm on a regular, legitimate basis for work, sport or leisure (including collections or research). The applicant must make the arrangements Option 2 is the Government’s preferred option. Main assumptions/sensitivities and economic/analytical risks Discount rate There is no legal or contractual requirement for GPs to monitor or assess a patient who currently holds a firearm certificate, but they should encourage patients to notify the police if they become aware that relevant aspects of a licence holder’s circumstances have changed that mean the police should review the firearms licence.