Well an agreement has been made, in order to renew or get a certificate you will now be paying £98 instead of the supposedly £131 that was being lobbied for by the Department of justice.
Also a variation has went up to £30 instead of the £89 the D.O.J wanted.
Next year I will be applying for my first certificate under my own name, and with the pirces going up I hope that the system speeds up, if not I will be rather annoyed.
Shooting as a sport is definitely getting dearer, well from my point of view anyway.
Full article here.
http://basc.org.uk/blog/press-releases/latest-news/northern-irelands-leading-country-sports-organisations-reach-agreement-on-firearms-licensing-fees-and-the-banded-system/
Edited to say good work from BASC and other shooting associations glad that our membership money is being put to good usage