{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-11",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110491327",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Variation of firearm certificate",
  "text": "(1) The Chief Constable may vary a firearm certificate on the application of the holder and payment of the appropriate fee (if any).\n(2) If an application is made under paragraph (1) for a firearm or ammunition to be added to a firearm certificate, paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 5 shall apply to the variation of the certificate as they apply to the grant of a certificate.\n(3) If a person—\n(a) sells a shotgun (“the first shotgun”) to the holder of a firearms dealer’s certificate (“the dealer”); and\n(b) as part of the same transaction purchases a shotgun (“the second shotgun”) from him,\nthe dealer may vary that person’s firearm certificate by substituting the second shotgun for the first shotgun.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110491327/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:24:07.314969+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}