FAC Condition

[The Essex Hunter]

I was recently granted a FAC for a .243 on my first application, as expected a mentoring condition was placed on the licence.

With in the letter, there is a reference to the Firearms Law: Guidance to Police paragraph 13.30.

I have been through the 2002 edition guidance notes a couple of times, and found 13.30 which reads.

 

13.30 An applicant who wishes to shoot deer

should name land which has the likelihood of

the appropriate deer species being present,

and an invitation, booking or authority to

shoot. Many deer stalkers will rely on

invitations to shoot on payment rather than

be hired or paid to do so and may not be

able to shoot regularly or frequently, though

others may be permanently employed, for

example Forestry Commission staff. Hunting

large animals with powerful rifles requires

particular skill, and applicants should generally

have experience of firearms.

 

If there is a different section, I should be looking at, could somebody point me in the right direction.

 

 

TEH

[Piebob]

My take is that they have given you a mentoring condition, and are simply justifying it by pointing you to the bit that reads

 

Hunting large animals with powerful rifles requires

particular skill, and applicants should generally

have experience of firearms.

 

i.e. they are saying that they don't believe you have this experience, therefore have applied the mentoring condition.

 

Difficult to say for sure without seeing the exact wording in the letter.

[dadioles]

Surely it is the wording on the licence that matters. The letter does not form part of the licence - I assume - and is just there to give a bit of advice or clarification.