Firearms Licensing
The Firearms and Explosives Licensing Branch is responsible for issuing Certificates
for Firearms, Shotguns and Explosives.
The fourteen Firearms Enquiry Officers cover every parish in Sussex. An FEO will
visit you as part of the application process for a Firearm or Shotgun Certificate.
To make the process easier you can download the form online, complete the form and then post it. The address to post
it is given in the application section.
If you have any questions about the process, you can find the contact details
of your Firearms Enquiry Officer by entering your city, town or parish into the
search box.
Alternatively, any general enquiries can be dealt with by calling the unit between 10am and 3pm Monday to Friday on
01273 404016 or 01273 404133 or by email: firearms.licensing@sussex.pnn.police.uk
Fireworks Legislation
There are numerous laws regulating the sale and use of fireworks. Here
is a brief resume of the most common offences:
- Shopkeepers must be registered with the local authority.
- It is an offence to sell, hawk or expose for sale, fireworks in a public
place.
- It is an offence to sell fireworks to a child under 18 years old.
- It is an offence to throw, cast or throw onto any highway, street, thoroughfare
or public place, a firework.
- It is an offence for a shopkeeper to split packs of fireworks to sell.
The majority of the Firework Regulations 2004 came into force on 7th August
2004, and introduce a number of measures to tackle the anti-social use of fireworks.
The regulations make it a criminal offence (subject to exceptions stated in the
regulations):
- For a person under the age of eighteen to possess a firework in a
public place.
- To use certain fireworks between the hours of 2300 and 0700 (With the
exceptions of 5th November, the first day of the Chinese New Year, Diwali and
New Years Eve).
- To possess Category 4 fireworks.
Additional regulations introduce limited prohibitions on the sale and importation
of fireworks. For detailed information please refer to the Fireworks Regulations 2004.
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