{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-19",
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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/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Issue of European firearms pass",
  "text": "(1) Where a person who resides in Northern Ireland is granted, or is the holder of, a firearm certificate, he shall be entitled to be issued by the Chief Constable with a European firearms pass.\n(2) A European firearms pass is a document—\n(a) to which a person is entitled under paragraph (1); and\n(b) which contains the particulars required by paragraph (3).\n(3) The particulars required by this paragraph are—\n(a) particulars identifying the person to whom the pass is issued;\n(b) particulars identifying every firearm which—\n(i) that person has applied to have included in a European firearms pass; and\n(ii) is a firearm in relation to which a firearm certificate granted to that person is in force;\n(c) a statement in relation to every firearm identified in the pass as to the category into which it falls for the purposes of Annex I to the European weapons directive;\n(d) the date of the issue of the pass and the period from its issue for which the pass is to be valid;\n(e) the statements required by paragraph (f) of Annex II to that directive (statements as to travel in the member States with the firearms identified in the pass).\n(4) A European firearms pass shall contain space for the making of entries by persons authorised to so do under the law of any member State.\n(5) A person may make an application under paragraph (1)—\n(a) at the same time as an application for a firearm certificate which will entitle him to the issue of the pass; or\n(b) subsequently while the firearm certificate is in force.",
  "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/19",
    "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."
}