The term ‘Firearm’ is defined as a lethal barrelled weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged.
This includes any:
- Prohibited weapon, whether it is such a lethal weapon or not.
- Component part of such a lethal or prohibited weapon.
- Accessory to any such weapon designed or adapted to diminish the noise or flash caused by firing the weapon.
‘Component Part’ in relation to a firearm means –
- Barrel, chamber or cylinder.
- Frame, action, body or receiver.
- Breech block, bolt or other mechanism for containing the pressure of discharge at the rear of the chamber.
- Part of a firearm which directly bears the pressure caused by firing.
- Magazine.
In Northern Ireland airguns and CO2 guns having a discharge kinetic energy in excess of one (1) Joule (0.737 ft lbs) require to be held on a Firearm Certificate.
Travelling to Northern Ireland with your firearm? You can find all the information you need by selecting Firearm Certificate then select Travel Information.
| Firearm Certificate | |
|---|---|
| Grant of a Firearm Certificate | £98.00 |
| Variation by Chief Constable | £30.00 |
| Variation by Firearms Dealer under Article 11(3) to substitute firearm | £15.00 |
| Variation by Firearms Dealer under Article 11(5) to delete firearm | No Fee |
| Duplicate Certificate | £14.00 |
| Updated Certificate | £14.00 |
| Museum Firearms Licence | |
| Grant of a Museum Firearms Licence (by the Department of Justice) | £110.00 |
| Extension to additional premises | £75.00 |
| Visitor's Firearm Permit | |
| Grant of Visitor's Firearm Permit (except where paragraph 810 applies) | £16.00 |
| Grant of six or more permits (taken together) on a group application | £80.00 |
| Certificate of approval for airgun for resident in Great Britain | |
| Certificate of approval for airgun for resident in Great Britain | £11.00 |
| Firearms Dealer's Certificate | |
| Grant or renewal of firearms dealer's certificate | £300.00 |
| Duplicate certificate | £14.00 |
| Updated certificate | £14.00 |
| Firearms clubs and Shotgun clubs | |
| Authorisation of firearms club | £71.00 |
| Authorisation of a shotgun club to allow the use of shotgun by persons 12 or over but under 16 except where the shotgun club is also a firearms club and authorisation under Article 19 is granted at the same time | £71.00 |
