UK Statutory Instrument
1998
United Kingdom
The Firearms Rules 1998
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Schedules
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The description of firearms or ammunition should indicate clearly—
No abbreviations should be used, unless their meaning is made...
Where any such entries other than the prescribed particulars are...
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Firearm certificates
Referees: firearm certificates
Shot gun certificates
Verification of application: shotgun certificates
Photographs to accompany application
Visitors' firearm and shot gun permits
Other permits
Firearms dealers
Discharge of chief officer’s functions
Revocations
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