http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/28BFirearms Act 1968An Act to consolidate the Firearms Acts 1937 and 1965, the Air Guns and Shot Guns, etc. , Act 1962, Part V of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and certain enactments amending the Firearms Act 1937.1978-08-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-09-21Expert Participation2026-06-29 Firearms Act 1968ActFirearms (Amendment) Act 1997s. 12(2)Firearms Act 1968s. 51(2A)Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997s. 62(1) Sch. 1 para. 3Firearms Act 1968Sch. 1 para. 6(fa)-(fc)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 11 para. 1(3)s. 255(1)Firearms Act 1968Blanket amendmentThe Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011art. 3 4art. 3(2)art. 3(3) 4(2) 6(4)(5)art. 2 Part II28B1This section applies where—aan application is made for the renewal of a certificate on or before the day which falls 8 weeks before the day at the end of which the certificate is due to expire, butbthe chief officer of police does not determine whether or not to grant the application before the certificate is due to expire.2The certificate continues in force by virtue of this subsection until whichever of the following events occurs first—athe chief officer determines whether or not to grant the application;bthe extension period ends.3In subsection (2), “the extension period” means the period of 8 weeks beginning with the day after the day at the end of which the certificate was due to expire.4If the event mentioned in subsection (2)(a) occurs first, and the chief officer grants the application, any period for which the certificate continued in force under subsection (2) is to be treated for the purposes of section 28A(1) as part of the period for which the renewed certificate is in force.5This section does not apply in relation to the renewal of a certificate granted or last renewed in Northern Ireland.S. 28B inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 17.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss. 131(1), 183(1)(5)(e); S.I. 2018/456, reg. 4