Who do I notify if I have a change of address or circumstance?

Where a licensee has a change in any of the circumstances surrounding the issue of the licence or any material particular in relation to the licence, the licensee must advise their local officer in charge of police within 14 days of the change.

A change of circumstance includes:

• a change of address
• a change in the licensee's or the licensee's representative's mental or physical fitness
• the conviction of the licensee or the licensee's representative of an offence relating to the misuse of drugs, or the use or threatened use of violence or the use, carriage, discharge or possession of firearms
• the making of a domestic violence order against the licensee or the licensee's representative
• a change in the licensee's reason or need for possessing or using a weapon or access to secure storage facilities for the licensee's weapons
• a change in licence or licensee’s representative’s name
• a change in place entered in the firearms register as the place where a firearm is generally kept
• a change in dealer’s associates
• the revocation of the licensee's permission to shoot on a landowner's rural land