{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-24",
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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/24",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Firearms dealer’s certificate required",
  "text": "(1) A person who, by way of trade or business—\n(a) manufactures, sells, transfers, repairs, tests or proves any firearm or ammunition; or\n(b) exposes for sale or transfer, or has in his possession for sale, transfer, repair, test or proof any firearm or ammunition,\nwithout holding a firearms dealer’s certificate or otherwise than as authorised by a firearms dealer’s certificate, shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) Paragraph (1) has effect subject to Article 34 (auctioneers) and Article 35 (occasional permits).",
  "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/24",
    "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."
}