{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1937/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1937/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/12",
  "legislation_title": "Firearms Act 1937",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1937",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Fees in respect of certificates",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this section and of section five of this Act, there shall be payable—\n(a) on the grant of a firearm certificate (in this section referred to as a \" certificate\") a fee of five shillings; and\n(b) on the renewal of a certificate, or on any variation of a certificate which increases the number of firearms to which the certificate relates, or on the replacement of a certificate which has been lost or destroyed, a fee of two shillings and sixpence:\nProvided that, where a certificate is varied as aforesaid and renewed or replaced at the same time, no fee shall be payable on the variation.\n(2) No fee shall be payable on the grant, to any responsible officer of a rifle club, miniature rifle club or cadet corps approved for the purpose by a Secretary of State, of a certificate in respect of firearms or ammunition to be used solely for target practice or drill by the members of the club or corps, or on the variation or renewal of a certificate so granted.\n(3) No fee shall be payable on the grant, variation or renewal of a certificate if the chief officer of police is satisfied that the certificate relates solely to and, in the case of a variation, will continue when varied to relate solely to—\n(a) a firearm or ammunition which the applicant requires as part of the equipment of a ship; or\n(b) a signalling apparatus, or ammunition therefor, which the applicant requires as part of the equipment of an aircraft or aerodrome; or\n(c) a slaughtering instrument, or ammunition therefor, which the applicant requires for the purpose of the slaughter of animals.\n(4) No fee shall be payable—\n(a) on the grant or renewal of a certificate relating solely to a firearm which is shown to the satisfaction of the chief officer of police to be kept by the applicant as a trophy of a war; or\n(b) on any variation of a certificate the sole effect of which is to add such a firearm as aforesaid to the firearms to which the certificate relates;\nif the certificate is granted, renewed or varied subject to the condition that the applicant shall not use the firearm.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/12/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:34:41.618363+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}