These Rules replace the existing two application forms for a firearm certificate and a shotgun certificate with one new single application form that applies for the purposes of both applications. Rule 7(c) introduces a new prescribed application form for an application for the variation of a firearm certificate. Rule 8 removes the old application for a shotgun certificate.
Amendment to the Firearms Rules 19985
In rule 5(2) (shotgun certificates), for the words “1 to 16” substitute “1 to 14, and 19 to 21.”