The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2003

5.  Proceedings under the Firearms Act 1968(1) in respect of–

(a)the registration of a person as a firearms dealer, the removal of a person’s name from a register of firearms dealers or the imposition, variation or revocation of conditions of any such registration; or

(b)the grant, renewal, variation or revocation of a firearm certificate; or

(c)the grant, renewal or revocation of a shot gun certificate; or

(d)the grant of a permit under section 7(1), 9(2) or 13(1)(c) of that Act.