I was a bit apprehensive when I applied, due to a couple of D & Ds I had acquired in my early twenties... applied a couple of years ago at 33 and was granted a shotgun certificate... at the time the wording on the application stated that you didn’t have to declare any parking offences or fixed penalty notices... as my D & D was settled through a fixed penalty on both occasions, I chose not to disclose on the application. They were brought up when I was visited by the licensing officer and I explained that I thought I didn’t have to declare them... the officer did understand that the forms were not as clear as they could be but that in the context of the form, fixed penalties referred to traffic offences and advised that I should have declared them and suggested that I do declare them on renewal in five years time. Derbyshire’s view at the time was that everyone can choose to take different paths and that it wouldn’t bar me from holding a SGC.
That said, I think it goes on sentencing... don’t quote me on this, because I can’t be 100% sure that I am correct without looking it up, but I think it is a 6 month prison term, suspended or otherwise, which would bar someone from holding a SGC? Can anyone else confirm or correct me on that?
I think BASC introduced a time limit on appeals for new members, again I’m a bit rusty, but check to see how long you have to be a member for before they will offer you legal support if you are wrongfully refused a licence. I think you have to be a member for three months before they will support you to challenge a refusal???
