{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person may, without holding a firearm certificate, have in his possession on board a ship a firearm as part of the equipment of the ship.\n(2) A person may, without holding a firearm certificate—\n(a) have in his possession on board an aircraft or at an aerodrome a signalling apparatus as part of the equipment of the aircraft or aerodrome;\n(b) remove a signalling apparatus which is part of the equipment of an aircraft—\n(i) from one aircraft to another at an aerodrome; or\n(ii) from or to an aircraft at an aerodrome to or from a place appointed for its storage in safe custody at that aerodrome,\nand keep any such apparatus at such a place.\n(3) If he has obtained a permit from the Chief Constable, a person may, without holding a firearm certificate, remove—\n(a) a firearm from or to a ship; or\n(b) a signalling apparatus from or to an aircraft or aerodrome,\nto or from a place and for a purpose specified in the permit.\n(4) In this paragraph “firearm” and “signalling apparatus” include ammunition for a firearm or a signalling apparatus, as the case may be.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110491327/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}