{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-43",
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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/43",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Purchase or acquisition of firearms in other member States",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), where—\n(a) a person who resides in Northern Ireland purchases or acquires a firearm in another member State; and\n(b) that firearm is a firearm which falls within category C for the purposes of Annex I to the European weapons directive,\nhe shall, within 7 days from the transaction, send notice of it to the Chief Constable.\n(2) A person shall not be required to give notice under paragraph (1) of a transaction under which he acquires a firearm on terms which—\n(a) restrict his possession of the firearm to the whole or a part of the period of a visit to the member State where the transaction takes place; and\n(b) preclude the removal of the firearm from that member State.\n(3) A person shall not be required to give notice under paragraph (1) of a transaction under which he purchases or acquires a firearm if he is the holder of a firearm certificate relating to that firearm and containing, in relation to that firearm, a condition that he may have it in his possession only for the purpose of its being kept or exhibited as part of a collection.\n(4) A notice required by paragraph (1) shall—\n(a) describe the firearm in question (giving its identification number and the reference number of the certificate if any); and\n(b) state the nature of the transaction and the name and address in Northern Ireland of the person sending the notice.\n(5) 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/43",
    "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."
}