Ref my post (No5) above, SACS received the following reply to my enquiry
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Expanding projectiles still do not require an import licence – Q9 on the table at the back of the Notice. We have never licensed component parts of ammunition previously. This current exclusion from an import licensing requirement does not affect domestic authority to possess requirements.
Private individuals may import provided that their Firearms Certificate is suitably conditioned and they freely declare the items to customs. An importer who wishes to transfer of complete rounds from an EU Member State must hold the relevant UK authority, e.g. an RFD Cert (commercial) or suitably conditioned Firearms Certificate (private individual) and a transfer licence issued by the relevant authority in the Member State that is sending the ammunition. The RFD will need an import licence in addition to their RFD Certificate and the transfer licence.
We are unfortunately unable to list the issuing authorities for the other 27 Member States. The exporter in the sending Member State should contact their export authority for guidance.
Regards
Roy Smiles | Import Licensing Branch| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills |
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This was not 100% clear to me as I carry in from the USA so I sent a follow up email to SACS for clarification and received this reply
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It’s simpler than that – Roy has confirmed that as a private individual you don’t need an import licence
at all, for complete rounds or heads.
If you are bringing them in from
another EU country, you would need a transfer licence issued by that country, but that doesn’t apply as you’re talking about USA.
If you’re still a bit wary, print off this email chain and keep it with your FAC to show Customs?
Hope that helps
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