{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-1981-amendment-regulations-1992/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-1981-amendment-regulations-1992/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3267",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (Amendment) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-1981-amendment-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Production of passes issued in other member States",
  "text": "(1) In Article 28(4) of the 1981 Order (grant of firearm certificate to applicants resident outside the United Kingdom), after the words “apply to him” there shall be added the following words—\n“; but a firearm certificate shall not be granted as respects any firearm in such a case unless—\n(a) there is produced to the Chief Constable a document which—\n(i) has been issued in another member State under provisions correspond ing to the provisions of this Order for the issue of European firearms passes;\n(ii) identifies the firearm as a firearm to which the document relates; and\n(iii) is valid;\n(b) the applicant shows that, by reason of his place of residence or any other circumstances, he is not entitled to be issued with such a document in any of the other member States; or\n(c) the applicant shows that he requires the firearm exclusively in connection with the carrying on of activities in respect of which he is recognised for the purposes of the law of another member State relating to firearms, as a collector of firearms or a body concerned in the cultural or historical aspects of weapons;\nand if, in a case where a document has been produced to the Chief Constable in pursuance of sub-paragraph (a), he grants a firearm certificate, he shall endorse on the document a statement which identifies the firearm certificate and the firearm to which it relates and briefly describes the effect of the firearm certificate.”.\n(2) In Article 48 of the 1981 Order (production of certificates)—\n(a) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(1A) Where a person upon whom a demand has been made by a constable under paragraph (1) and whom the constable believes to be in possession of a firearm fails—\n(a) to produce a firearm certificate; or\n(b) to show that he is a person who, by reason of his place of residence or any other circumstances, is not entitled to be issued with a document identifying that firearm under any of the provisions which in the other member States correspond to the provisions of this Order for the issue of European firearms passes; or\n(c) to show that he is in possession of the firearm exclusively in connection with the carrying on of activities in respect of which he or the person on whose behalf he has possession of the firearm, is recognised, for the purposes of the law of another member State relating to firearms, as a collector of firearms or a body concerned in the cultural or historical aspects of weapons,\nthe constable may demand from that person the production of a document which has been issued to that person in another member State under any such corresponding provisions, identifies that firearm as a firearm to which it relates and is valid.”;\n(b) in paragraph (2), after the word “certificate”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “or document”;\n(c) after paragraph (3) there shall be added the following paragraph—\n“(4) A person who, being in possession of a firearm, fails to comply with a demand under paragraph (1A) 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/uksi/1992/3267/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:08:07.049910+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."
}