{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-7.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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Grant of firearm certificate to young persons",
  "text": "(1) In this Article “young person” means a person under the age of 18 who has attained the age of 16.\n(2) The Chief Constable may grant a firearm certificate to a young person if—\n(a) each firearm to which it relates is—\n(i) an air gun to which paragraph (4) applies;\n(ii) a shotgun; or\n(iii) a .22 rimfire rifle that is to say of a calibre not exceeding 5.59 millimetres; and\n(b) the Chief Constable attaches a condition under Article 6(1) that the firearm and any ammunition for it to which the certificate relates are for the purpose of—\n(i) pest control; or\n(ii) the protection of livestock;\non agricultural land occupied by the holder or on which he works and also resides.\n(3) The Chief Constable may grant a firearm certificate to a young person if—\n(a) each firearm to which it relates is—\n(i) an air gun to which paragraph (4) applies; or\n(ii) a shotgun; and\n(c) the Chief Constable attaches a condition under Article 6(1) that the holder shall have the firearm and any ammunition for it to which the certificate relates in his possession only—\n(i) for sporting purposes; and\n(ii) for a specified period of at least 12 months under the supervision of a person who has attained the age of 21 and has held a firearm certificate for a firearm of that type for at least three years.\n(4) This paragraph applies to an air gun which is capable of discharging a missile so that the missile has, on being discharged, a kinetic energy in excess of one joule.",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}