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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2005/1966",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition of certain air guns",
  "text": "(1) In Article 45(1) of the principal Order (list of weapons subject to general prohibition) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—\n“(aa) any air gun which uses, or is designed or adapted for use with, a self-contained gas cartridge system;”.\n(2) In Article 70 of the principal Order (minimum sentence for certain offences) in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) after “45(1)(a)” insert “ , (aa) ”.\n(3) In Schedule 5 to the principal Order (table of punishments) in the first column of the entry relating to Article 45(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g) after “45(1)(a)” insert “ , (aa) ”.\n(4) In the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2)—\n(a) in section 50(5A)(b) (penalty for improper importation of goods);\n(b) in section 68(4A)(b) (offences in relation to exportation of prohibited or restricted goods); and\n(c) in section 170(4A)(b) (penalty for fraudulent evasion of duty, etc.),\nafter “45(1)(a)” insert “ , (aa) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2005/1966/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:36.670447+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."
}