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Article 20 Duration of European firearms pass

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(1)

The period specified in a European firearms pass as the period for which it is to be valid shall be whichever is the shorter of the following—

(a)

the period until the earliest time when a firearm certificate relating to a firearm identified in the pass expires; and

(b)

the maximum period for the duration of that pass.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1) the maximum period for the duration of a European firearms pass is—

(a)

in the case of a pass identifying only a firearm stated in the pass to fall within category D for the purposes of Annex I to the European weapons directive, ten years; and

(b)

in any other case, five years.