{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-20",
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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/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Duration of European firearms pass",
  "text": "(1) The period specified in a European firearms pass as the period for which it is to be valid shall be whichever is the shorter of the following—\n(a) the period until the earliest time when a firearm certificate relating to a firearm identified in the pass expires; and\n(b) the maximum period for the duration of that pass.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) the maximum period for the duration of a European firearms pass is—\n(a) in the case of a pass identifying only a firearm stated in the pass to fall within category D for the purposes of Annex I to the European weapons directive, ten years; and\n(b) in any other case, five years.",
  "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/20",
    "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."
}