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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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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": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The holder of a firearms dealer’s certificate may, without holding a firearm certificate, have in his possession or purchase or acquire a firearm or ammunition in the ordinary course of his business as a firearms dealer.\n(2) An employee of the holder of a firearms dealer’s certificate may, without holding a firearm certificate, have in his possession or purchase or acquire a firearm or ammunition in the ordinary course of his employer’s business as a firearms dealer.\n(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) apply to the possession, purchase or acquisition of a firearm or ammunition in the ordinary course of a firearms dealer’s business even if the firearm or ammunition is in the possession of, or purchased or acquired by, the dealer or his employee at a place which is not specified as his place of business in his firearms dealer’s certificate.\n(4) In sub-paragraph (5) “relevant supervision” means supervision provided for a customer in the ordinary course of a firearms dealer’s business by the holder of a firearm dealer’s certificate or his employee.\n(5) A person may, without holding a firearm certificate, have in his possession a firearm or ammunition while he is under relevant supervision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110491327/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}