The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

Certificates granted in Great Britain, etc. N.I.

Firearm certificate or shotgun certificate granted in Great Britain N.I.

17.—(1) The holder of a Great Britain certificate may, subject to any applicable conditions, have in his possession in Northern Ireland any firearm and ammunition to which the certificate relates F1 ....

F2 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) In this Article—

• “applicable conditions” means the conditions under which the Great Britain certificate is heldF3 ...;

• F4 ...

• “Great Britain certificate” means a firearm certificate or shotgun certificate granted in Great Britain;

• F4 ...

F1 Words in art. 17(1) repealed (13.5.2016) by Justice Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 21), s. 61(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(1)(a)

F2 Art. 17(2)(3) repealed (13.5.2016) by Justice Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 21), s. 61(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(1)(b)

F3 Words in art. 17(4) repealed (13.5.2016) by Justice Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 21), s. 61(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(1)(c)(i)

F4 Words in art. 17(4) repealed (13.5.2016) by Justice Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 21), s. 61(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(1)(c)(ii)

Air guns held without a firearm certificate in Great Britain N.I.

18.—(1) A person resident in Great Britain may, without holding a firearm certificate, have an air gun [F5 to which paragraph (3) applies] in his possession in Northern Ireland if—

(a) he may have the air gun in his possession in Great Britain without a firearm certificate by virtue of section 1(3)(b) and (4)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27);

(b) he has provided the Chief Constable with such information about the air gun and such other information as the Chief Constable may require; and

(c) he holds a document ( “a certificate of approval”) authorising that possession issued to him by the Chief Constable [F6 on payment of the appropriate fee] .

(2) The Chief Constable may at any time require the holder of a certificate of approval to surrender it.

[F7 (3) This paragraph applies to an air gun which is capable of discharging a missile so that the missile has, on being discharged, a kinetic energy in excess of one joule.]

F5 Words in art. 18(1) inserted (13.5.2016) by Justice Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 21), s. 61(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(2)(a)(i)

F6 Words in art. 18(1)(c) added (13.5.2016) by Justice Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 21), s. 61(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(2)(a)(ii)

F7 Art. 18(3) added (13.5.2016) by Justice Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 21), s. 61(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(2)(b)