The Earl of Haddingtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
On what date they adopted the view referred to in the Written Answer concerning Mr. Reginald Buckland given by Lord Williams of Mostyn on 5 November (WA 294) "that conditions cannot be varied on application and that no right of appeal existed".
§ Lord Williams of MostynOur doubts whether conditions imposed by a chief constable can be varied on application and whether a right of appeal exists arose in 1994 when considering a particular recommendation of the Firearms Consultative Committee in its Fourth Report (1992/93). The recommendation (paragraph 4.11) concerned changing66WA existing guidance relating to the imposition of territorial conditions on firearm certificates, but our particular concern was in relation to Section 29 of the Firearms Act 1968. The matter was also raised in 1995 in correspondence with the British Shooting Sports Council and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation.