PART IIFIREARM CERTIFICATES, ETC.

Issue, etc. of documents for European purposes

Duration of European firearms pass20

1

The period specified in a European firearms pass as the period for which it is to be valid shall be whichever is the shorter of the following—

a

the period until the earliest time when a firearm certificate relating to a firearm identified in the pass expires; and

b

the maximum period for the duration of that pass.

2

For the purposes of paragraph (1) the maximum period for the duration of a European firearms pass is—

a

in the case of a pass identifying only a firearm stated in the pass to fall within category D for the purposes of Annex I to the European weapons directive, ten years; and

b

in any other case, five years.