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Explosive Certificate - renewal - Durham Police
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:38 pm
by dodgyrog
I just received notification that my licence is due to expire in FEBRUARY 2015 and I need to renew now as renewal 'may take up to 120 days'!!!!! wtfwtf
4 months to renew with no changes - why on earth would it take that long?
Oh, and they didn't send the form to renew with and I can't find it on the Durham website. I guess I'll try the Met Police's site as it is usually a lot better.
Am I just being grumpy (again) or is this just poor service?
Re: Explosive Certificate - renewal - Durham Police
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:39 pm
by saddler
...probably both
Re: Explosive Certificate - renewal - Durham Police
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:44 pm
by dodgyrog
saddler wrote:...probably both
Lol sign92
Re: Explosive Certificate - renewal - Durham Police
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:45 pm
by dodgyrog
Found the form COER 1B on the Met site. It's for what was the old blackpowder licence.
Re: Explosive Certificate - renewal - Durham Police
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:00 pm
by Blackstuff
dodgyrog wrote:I just received notification that my licence is due to expire in FEBRUARY 2015 and I need to renew now as renewal 'may take up to 120 days'!!!!! wtfwtf
4 months to renew with no changes - why on earth would it take that long?
Oh, and they didn't send the form to renew with and I can't find it on the Durham website. I guess I'll try the Met Police's site as it is usually a lot better.
Am I just being grumpy (again) or is this just poor service?
Did you forget halfway through typing that, that you're dealing with Durham here?
Re: Explosive Certificate - renewal - Durham Police
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:15 pm
by Polchraine
The Met ask for applications to be with them 8 weeks before and they send out the reminders about 6 weeks or so before that.
It gave me time to sort out the application and get a referee lined up.
However, 120 days for them to deal with it certainly gives an impression of inefficiency! I just hope it is 120 calendar days not working days!
Re: Explosive Certificate - renewal - Durham Police
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:37 pm
by Sim G
After the utter slating Durham took from the inquest into the Atherton shooting, I'm not surprised it's taking so long. I imagine every single application is gone through with a fine toothed comb and then double checked....
Re: Explosive Certificate - renewal - Durham Police
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:44 pm
by saddler
Sim G wrote:After the utter slating Durham took from the inquest into the Atherton shooting, I'm not surprised it's taking so long. I imagine every single application is gone through with a fine toothed comb and then double checked....
Then again, I just read on another forum of a motorist in Durham that was threatened with a ticket for failing to display a valid tax disc on his car, yesterday!
Good to see they're not singling out FAC/SGC holders - they're clueless about MOST aspects of the law!
Re: Explosive Certificate - renewal - Durham Police
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:59 pm
by Sim G
Without doubt, sometimes, the police are their own worst enemies....
Re: Explosive Certificate - renewal - Durham Police
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 1:00 pm
by Sim G