{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-40.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/40",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Notification of dealings involving firearms",
  "text": "(1) This Article applies where in Northern Ireland a firearm is sold, let on hire, lent or given.\n(2) Any party to a transfer to which this Article applies who is the holder of—\n(a) a firearm certificate or visitor’s firearm permit which relates to the firearm in question; or\n(b) a firearms dealer’s certificate,\nshall within 72 hours of the transfer send notice of it to the Chief Constable.\n(3) A notice required by paragraph (2) shall—\n(a) contain a description of the firearm in question (giving its identification number and the reference number of the certificate or permit if any); and\n(b) state the nature of the transaction and the name and address of the other party.\n(4) A person who fails to comply with this Article 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/40",
    "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."
}