To secure your shooting opportunity, BASC strongly recommends that you take out a lease or shooting agreement with your landlord.
This may seem a little over the top for a small or informal shoot – but having a written agreement in place protects both you and your landlord.
With a written agreement, each party knows exactly what is expected and will help to avoid any misunderstandings.
For further information contact the Game and Gundog department.
BASC, working with a respected lawyer in the world of shooting have drafted two suggested shooting agreements.
One is for a typical shoot over farmland for example where you may wish to secure the shooting rights for 12 months or more.
The other is a suggested format for an agreement between a group of travelling guns and an sporting agent, or anyone else who is selling a days shooting.
BASC have drafted a template for permission for members undertaking pest control. This form can be used where no money is changing hands and its scope is for pest birds and mammals. It is equally applicable for deer control as it is for rabbit and woodpigeon control.
This is NOT intended to be compulsory, but simply to help members. Its value is that you can immediately show that you have permission to be on the land with your firearm to control pests.
Sporting Rates in Scotland Business rates were reintroduced for sporting rights in the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016. Last summer the assessors circulated questionnaires to gather evidence of current rents for sporting rights and this information was used as a basis for the first phase of some 10,700 valuations issued
Poultry Registration Form Guidance It is a legal requirement* for all commercial premises with 50 or more poultry to register. This applies whether the 50 poultry are of a single species or a combination of the species below. Non-compliance could result in a £5000 fine. The definition “commercial” does not
Applying for a firearm/shotgun certificate Certificate Renewals Firearms Dealer Forms Explosive Forms For Visitor’s firearm & shotgun permits Firearms & Shotgun Forms Home Office Forms Northern Ireland Firearms licensing contacts (England and Wales) Downloadable firearms forms New application forms came into effect on 1 Nov 2021 and are available below
