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The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004
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Grant of firearm certificate to young personsN.I.
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7.—(1) In this Article “young person” means a person under the age of 18 who has attained the age of 16.
(2) The Chief Constable may grant a firearm certificate to a young person [F1for the acquisition and possession, but not for the purchase, of a firearm and ammunition] if—
(a)each firearm to which it relates is—
(i)an air gun to which paragraph (4) applies;
(ii)a shotgun; or
(iii)a .22 rimfire rifle that is to say of a calibre not exceeding 5.59 millimetres; F2. . .
(b)the Chief Constable attaches a condition under Article 6(1) that the firearm and any ammunition for it to which the certificate relates are for the purpose of—
(i)pest control; or
(ii)the protection of livestock;
on agricultural land occupied by the holder or on which he works and also resides [F3; and
(c)the young person has produced with his application to the Chief Constable, the permission in writing of a parent or guardian to the acquisition and possession of the firearm and ammunition to which the application relates.]
(3) The Chief Constable may grant a firearm certificate to a young person [F4for the acquisition and possession, but not for the purchase, of a firearm and ammunition] if—
(a)each firearm to which it relates is—
(i)an air gun to which paragraph (4) applies; or
(ii)a shotgun; and
(b)the Chief Constable attaches a condition under Article 6(1) that the holder shall have the firearm and any ammunition for it to which the certificate relates in his possession only—
(i)for sporting purposes; and
(ii)[F5during the period until he attains the age of 18] under the supervision of a person who has attained the age of 21 and has held a firearm certificate for a firearm of that type for at least three years.
(4) 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.
F1Words in art. 7(2) inserted (28.7.2010) by Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1759), reg. 5(2)(a)
F2Word in art. 7(2)(a) omitted (28.7.2010) by virtue of Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1759), reg. 5(2)(b)(i)
F3Art. 7(2)(c) and preceding word inserted (28.7.2010) by Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1759), reg. 5(2)(b)(ii)
F4Words in art. 7(3) inserted (28.7.2010) by Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1759), reg. 5(2)(a)
F5Words in art. 7(3)(b)(ii) substituted (28.7.2010) by Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1759), reg. 5(2)(c)
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