PART IIFIREARM CERTIFICATES, ETC.
Issue, etc. of documents for European purposes
Duration of European firearms pass20.
(1)
The period specified in a European firearms pass as the period for which it is to be valid shall be whichever is the shorter of the following—
(a)
the period until the earliest time when a firearm certificate relating to a firearm identified in the pass expires; and
(b)
the maximum period for the duration of that pass.
(2)
For the purposes of paragraph (1) the maximum period for the duration of a European firearms pass is—
(a)
in the case of a pass identifying only a firearm stated in the pass to fall within category D for the purposes of Annex I to the European weapons directive, ten years; and
(b)
in any other case, five years.