Police Scotland slash licensing dept by two thirds

[DL.]

Why is there "peak years" for licensing? Surely people apply at different times or am I missing something?

FAC's used to run for three years, then they put the price up and added the term to five years. The two year quiet period is the overlap where only relatively new FAC holders are having their renewals. The old guard will always be in the busy three year cycle.

[SevenSixTwo]

Still doesn't make sense but thanks anyway. :-)

[DL.]

Still doesn't make sense but thanks anyway. :-)

If me and a thousand mates decide we are going to apply for FAC's on 1st of Jan 2000,
Police scotland have to sort out 1000 FACs 2000 - 2003.

Anyone late to the party 2003 - 2005 will catch the department when they're not busy, as they won't be dealing with the admin cycle/burdon of me and my thousand mates.

[SevenSixTwo]

Sure but everyone doesn't apply at the same time.

Never mind... don't want to drag things off-topic.

[DL.]

Sure but everyone doesn't apply at the same time.

Never mind... don't want to drag things off-topic.

My example wasn't very good.

Everyone that had an FAC/SGC from the late 60's to the early 2000's will have their renewal over the same 3 years, as historically that's where their period of validity was placed.

Anyone that applied for an FAC from the early 2000's onwards will have a two in five chance of applying during one of the quiet years when the licences were extended, and the long standing licence holders aren't having renewals.

The upshot is, the department are able to deal with your requests more quickly as their workload is less.

[SevenSixTwo]

Ah, gotcha now. Thanks.

[meles meles]

So what we need is a cull of the old 3 year cyclics to even things up...

[saddler]

Just found out today, that as of last week....spare shotgun barrels are not listed on SGCs

Only found out as may be posting a couple of them darn'safr to a buyer & had to phone to check the procedure (with them being listed on my SGC)

[meles meles]

Just found out today, that as of last week....spare shotgun barrels are not listed on SGCs

Only found out as may be posting a couple of them darn'safr to a buyer & had to phone to check the procedure (with them being listed on my SGC)

They are just tubes, Fat Rat...

[saddler]

Just found out today, that as of last week....spare shotgun barrels are not listed on SGCs

Only found out as may be posting a couple of them darn'safr to a buyer & had to phone to check the procedure (with them being listed on my SGC)

They are just tubes, Fat Rat...

Aye...but until last week they were Satan's organ pipes & evil incarnate