# The Firearms (Fees) Regulations 2019, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations authorise the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers to require the payment of a fee before an authority under section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 (a “section 5 authority”), an approval under section 15 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 and a licence under the Schedule to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 is granted, varied or renewed.
Regulation 3 authorises the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers to require the payment of a fee before a section 5 authority is granted, varied or renewed.
Regulation 4 provides the amounts of the fees where a section 5 authority is granted in relation to a person who, in the course of their business trades, manufactures, repairs, deactivates, tests or proves prohibited weapons or prohibited ammunition.
Regulation 5 provides the amounts of the fees where a section 5 authority is granted in relation to a person carrying on business transporting prohibited weapons or prohibited ammunition.
Regulation 6 provides the amounts of the fees where a section 5 authority is granted in relation to a person carrying on business providing on-board, armed protection to ships or other sea-going vessels.
Regulation 7 provides the amounts of the fees where a section 5 authority is granted authorising a person to temporarily possess a firearm which was acquired as a trophy of war.
Regulation 8 provides the amounts of the fees where a section 5 authority is granted in relation to a person exhibiting prohibited weapons or prohibited ammunition at a single, named arms fair held in England, Wales or Scotland.
Regulation 9 provides the amounts of the fees where a section 5 authority is granted in relation to a person training for, or competing in, a named sporting competition.
Regulation 10 provides that a discount is applicable to certain fees for certain section 5 authorities where an application to be a registered firearms dealer is made in connection with the authority. The discount is to be the same amount as the amount payable on the registration of the person making the application as a firearms dealer.
Regulation 11(1) authorises the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers to require the payment of a fee before an approval under section 15 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 is granted, varied or renewed. A section 15 licence is one which may be granted to a rifle club or muzzle-loading piston club. Regulation 11(2) provides the amounts of the fees.
Regulation 12(1) authorises the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers to require the payment of a fee before a licence under the Schedule to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 is granted, varied or renewed. A licence under the Schedule to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 is one which may be granted to a museum. Regulation 12(2) provides the amounts of the fees.
A full impact assessment of the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from www.gov.uk. Hard copies can be obtained by writing to the Serious Violence Unit, Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, SW1P 4DF.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1169/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-fees-regulations-2019/note
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