{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-39.json",
  "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/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Transfers of firearms and ammunition to be in person",
  "text": "(1) This Article applies where in Northern Ireland a firearm or ammunition is sold, let on hire, lent or given by any person (“the transferor”) to another person (“the transferee”) who is neither the holder of a firearms dealer’s certificate nor a person who is entitled to purchase or acquire the firearm or ammunition without a firearm certificate or a visitor’s firearm permit.\n(2) Where this Article applies—\n(a) the transferee must produce to the transferor the certificate or permit entitling him to purchase or acquire the firearm or ammunition being transferred;\n(b) the transferor must comply with any instructions contained in the certificate or permit produced by the transferee;\n(c) the transferor must hand the firearm or ammunition to the transferee, and the transferee must receive it, in person.\n(3) A person who fails to comply with paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence.",
  "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/39",
    "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."
}