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The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004
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- art. 6(3A) inserted by 2019 c. 17 s. 62(2)
- art. 6A inserted by 2019 c. 17 s. 62(3)
- art. 11(1A) inserted by 2019 c. 17 s. 62(4)
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- art. 6(3A) inserted by 2019 c. 17 s. 62(2)
- art. 6A inserted by 2019 c. 17 s. 62(3)
- art. 11(1A) inserted by 2019 c. 17 s. 62(4)
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75.—(1) Schedule 6 (fees) shall have effect.
(2) Subject to this Order, there shall be payable in relation to any matter specified in the first column of that Schedule the fee specified in the second column (if any); and references in this Order to the appropriate fee shall be construed accordingly.
(3) The [F1Department of Justice] may, with the approval of the [F2Department of Finance and Personnel], make an order varying any sum specified in Schedule 6 or providing that any such sum or any such sum as varied under this paragraph shall cease to be payable.
(4) F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) No fee shall be payable on the grant to a responsible officer of a firearms club authorised under Article 49 of a firearm certificate in respect of firearms or ammunition to be used solely by the club.
(6) No fee shall be payable on the grant or variation of a firearm certificate if the Chief Constable is satisfied that the firearm certificate relates solely to and, in the case of variation, will continue when varied to relate solely to—
(a)a firearm or ammunition which the applicant requires as part of the equipment of a ship; or
(b)a signalling apparatus, or ammunition for a signalling apparatus, which the applicant requires as part of the equipment of an aircraft or aerodrome; or
(c)a slaughtering instrument, or ammunition for a slaughtering instrument, which the applicant requires for the purpose of the slaughter of animals.
F1Words in art. 75(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 9, Sch. 11 para. 3(f) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
F2Words in art. 75(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 9, Sch. 11 para. 9(a) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
F3Art. 75(4) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 9, Sch. 11 para. 9(b) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
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