Firearms licensing: Photographs
It is a requirement that all applications for grants and renewals of shotgun and firearm certificates are accompanied by four identical photographs of the applicant.
The photograph must have been taken recently and should show you full face and without a hat.
The image should be printed on normal thin photographic paper, be unmounted and measure 45mm x 35mm.
The normal photographs which are supplied for passports, either from a photographic booth or studio, are quite acceptable.
In the case of shotgun applications
One of the photographs should be signed in ink, on the back, with the applicant's usual signature.
One other photograph must be endorsed by your countersignatory in ink, on the back, with the following words: "I certify that this is a current true likeness of (insert name of applicant)." He/she should then sign the declaration and insert the date the likeness was compared.
In the case of firearm applications
One of the photographs should be signed in ink, on the back, with the applicant's usual signature.
Two other photographs must be endorsed, one each, by each of the two referees, in ink, on the back, with the following words: "I certify that this is a current true likeness of (insert name of applicant)." He/she should then sign the declaration and insert the date the likeness was compared.
In all cases
Please be sure to include all four photographs, as many applications are received with either no photographs or only one or two.