Article 6 Verification of application: shotgun certificates

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

rule 6(2)(c) substituted by The Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2013 rule 6
rule 6 heading word substituted by The Firearms (Amendment and Revocation) Rules 2026 rule 3(3)
rule 6 heading substituted by The Firearms (Amendment) Rules 2014 rule 6(a)
rule 6(1) omitted by The Firearms (Amendment) Rules 2014 rule 6(b)
rule 6 heading word substituted by The Firearms (Amendment) Rules 2025 rule 2(3)

(1)

The information referred to in rule 5(2) above shall be verified by the signed statement of a person who satisfies the requirements of paragraph (2) below that the information is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, correct.

(2)

To satisfy the requirements of this paragraph a person must not be a member of the applicant’s family, and must—

(a)

be resident in Great Britain,

(b)

have known the applicant personally for at least two years, and

(c)

be a member of Parliament, justice of the peace, minister of religion, doctor, lawyer, established civil servant, bank officer or person of similar standing.