Firearms officer examination requirements 2024

Person in charge examination requirements 2024

The statute numbers included below are those of the original statute. In the exam, you are required to know the statutes that are current at that time. 

You are required to know the parts of the statutes that are listed underneath them. If there are no parts listed under a statute, you are expected to know the statute in its entirety.

In the section on manufacture of firearms, firearm components, cartridges and specially dangerous projectiles and the repair and conversion of firearms and firearm components, you are also required to have a command of basic manufacturing techniques.

Statutes required in all sections

  • Decree on the Inspection of Firearms and Related Accessories 656/1982
     
  • Firearms Decree 145/1998
     
  • Firearms Act 1/1998
     
  • Firing Range Act 763/2015
     
  • Regulation 2015/2403 of the European Commission
     
  • Regulation 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
     
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data
    • Articles 1–7
    • Article 13
    • Articles 24–25
    • Articles 30–31
       
  • Public Order Act 612/2003
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 3
       
  • Decision of the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry on the Inspection of Firearms and Related Accessories 486/1983
     
  • Accounting Act 1336/1997
    • Section 1
    • Section 1a
       
  • Consumer Protection Act 38/1978
    • Chapter 1, sections 1–5
    • Chapter 2, sections 1–13
    • Chapter 3, sections 1–4
    • Chapter 4, sections 1–5
    • Chapter 5, sections 1–32
    • Chapter 6, sections 1–25
       
  • Consumer Safety Act 920/2011
    • Sections 1–12
    • Sections 34–45
       
  • Act on amending the Firearms Act 724/2019
     
  • Act on safety in connection with handling of dangerous chemicals and explosive products 390/2005
    • Sections 1–9
    • Sections 63–76
    • Sections 82–88
    • Sections 115–127
    • Section 130
       
  • Partnerships Act 389/1988
    • Chapter 1, sections 1–4
    • Chapter 2, sections 1–11
    • Chapter 3, sections 1–4
    • Chapter 4, sections 1–3
    • Chapter 5, sections 1–18
    • Chapter 7, sections 2–8
       
  • Act on the Export of Defence Materiel 282/2012
     
  • Act on Game Management Fee and Hunting Licence Fee 616/1993
     
  • Unfair Business Practices Act 1061/1978
    • Sections 1–3
    • Section 6
       
  • Act on Electronic Services and Communication in the Public Sector (13/2003)
     
  • Hunting Act 615/1993
    • Chapters 1–4
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 10
       
  • Hunting Decree 666/1993
    • Sections 10–21
       
  • COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2019/1560 of 16 September 2019 amending Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment (last consolidated version)
     
  • Limited Liability Companies Act 624/2006
    • Chapter 2, sections 1–14
    • Chapter 6, sections 1–28
    • Chapter 19, sections 1–8
    • Chapter 20, sections 1–25
       
  • Criminal Code of Finland 39/1889
    • Chapter 30, sections 1 - 13 
    • Chapter 33, sections 1 - 4 § 
    • Chapter 41
    • Chapter 44, sections 11 - 13 § and 17§ 
    • Chapter 46
    • Chapter 47, sections 1 § and 7 - 9 §
       
  • Ministry of the Interior decree on the form to be used for making the notification referred to in section 25 (4) of the Firearms Act 719/2020 (only in Finnish)
     
  • Ministry of the Interior decree on technical requirements to prevent conversion to a firearm, on the permanent restriction of the capacity of loading devices and on their permanent deactivation 890/2019
     
  • Ministry of the Interior decree on amending the Ministry of the Interior decree on secure cabinets intended for storing firearms 956/2017
     
  • Standard SFS 4399, explosive stores. Structure and outfitting of a shop’s storage facilities
     
  • Data Protection Act 1050/2018
    • Sections 1–4
    • Section 24
    • Section 26
    • Sections 29–30
    • Section 33
    • Section 35
       
  • Business Names Act 128/1979
    • Sections 1–19
       
  • Employment Contracts Act 55/2001
    • Chapter 1, sections 1–10
    • Chapter 3, sections 1–5
    • Chapter 6, sections 1–7
    • Chapter 8, sections 1–3
       
  • Occupational Safety and Health Act (738/2002)
     
  • Government Decree on information to be provided on consumer goods and consumer services 613/2004
    • Sections 1–10
       
  • Government Decree on Monitoring the Manufacturing and Storage of Explosives 819/2015
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapters 4–5
    • Chapters 8–12
    • Chapter 14
    • Chapter 17
    • Chapter 19
       
  • Government decree on the safety requirements of manufacturing, handling and storage of explosives 1101/2015
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 8
    • Chapters 10–13


Current statutes on Finlex 

Statutes on the European Union’s Official Journal