Weapons Prohibition Regulation 2017

The holder of a category D licence under the Firearms Act 1996 is exempt from the requirement under the Act for a permit to possess or use a prohibited weapon referred to in clause 4 (4) (a)–(d) of Schedule 1 to the Act, but—

only in relation to its use in a registered firearm to which the licence applies, and

only for the purpose established by the licensee under that Act as being the genuine reason for possessing or using the firearm, and

subject to such restrictions as may be imposed on the licence by or under the Firearms Act 1996.

If a person who holds a category B licence under the Firearms Act 1996 (including a special category B licence referred to in Part 10 of Schedule 3 to that Act) is authorised to possess and use a lever action shotgun with a magazine capacity of more than 5 rounds as a result of the shotgun being deemed to be a firearm to which the person’s category B licence applies, the person is deemed for the purposes of subclause (1) to be the holder of a category D licence under that Act in respect of the shotgun.

The holder of a category H licence under the Firearms Act 1996 issued for the genuine reason of business or employment is exempt from the requirement under the Act for a permit to possess or use a prohibited weapon referred to in clause 4 (4) (f) of Schedule 1 to the Act, but—

only in relation to its use in a registered pistol to which the licence applies, and

only in connection with that genuine reason, and

subject to such restrictions as may be imposed on the licence by or under the Firearms Act 1996.

A person who holds a firearms dealer licence under the Firearms Act 1996 is exempt from the requirement under the Act for a permit to possess, purchase, sell, manufacture, send or receive a detachable firearm magazine referred to in clause 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act that is designed to be attached to a firearm that the person is authorised by that licence to possess or supply under the Firearms Act 1996.