PART IVCONTROL OF TRANSACTIONS
F1Recording of transactions in firearms by Chief Constable38A
1
This Article applies where the Chief Constable receives a copy of a record of a transaction involving a firearm in accordance with Article 38(2)(a).
2
The Chief Constable must keep a record which includes the following information—
a
a description of the firearm which includes the matters mentioned in paragraph 6(a) F2and (b) of Schedule 3;
b
the names and addresses of the seller or transferor and the purchaser or transferee F3, together with the date of the transaction .
3
The record mentioned in paragraph (2) must be kept—
a
on a computerised data filing system;
b
for a period of not less than F430 years after the destruction of the firearm in question .