Section 5 authorisation

[Gazza]

What are the requirements to get section 5 authorisation on your FAC?

I'm just curious thats all

[Sim G]

Granted by the Home Secretary. Bone fide business, with time. For sh1ts and giggles, no chance!

[Gazza]

So what kind of bonafide business? Supply/import/repair?

I would have thought the import/supply side would be easily saturated as no one is allowed them bar police etc and they wont be buying every day. Just seems a bit strange there are quite a few people with section 5 authorisation so if they aint selling/supplying then how do they get it and for what purpose does the home secretary grant.
I'm probably missing something obvious here I think

[snayperskaya]

I know that companies that develope and manufacture optics/body armour/bulletproof glass etc can get Sec5 authority for testing purposes.I think film armourers can as well.I think I heard somewhere that museums and historic collections can as well but may have dreamt that bit.

I think with optics manufacturers they need to test how the optics will cope with sustained semi/full auto recoil etc.

[bradaz11]

You don't have to sell only in the uk. Some sec5's import then export the gun

[HALODIN]

Just out of interest, are all section 5 authorities the same? i.e. if you're an RFD, can you one day decide you want to furnish maritime security with their semi-auto firearms and have various section 5 firearms in your vault?

[BamBam]

There are various types of Sec 5, if you're selling handguns after converting them to 2 shot for humane despatch then you won't be allowed full auto stuff unless authorised, with an application that explains why you need to have.

[ordnance]

Edgar Brothers supply a lot of the dealers here with handguns. I would assume sec 5 lets them sell handguns but not take them home and to the range etc.

[BamBam]

Edgar Brothers supply a lot of the dealers here with handguns.

They sold the SiG MCX to the Met armed unit.

[IainWR]

All the Heritage Pistol sites need a S5 auth (because the Heritage exemption, s 7.3 F(A)A 97, only applies to FAC holders so the pistols are S5 when not in the owners' hands).