{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-38A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-38A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2004/702",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004",
  "path": "article/38A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "38A",
  "heading": "Recording of transactions in firearms by Chief Constable",
  "text": "(1) This Article applies where the Chief Constable receives a copy of a record of a transaction involving a firearm in accordance with Article 38(2)(a).\n(2) The Chief Constable must keep a record which includes the following information—\n(a) a description of the firearm which includes the matters mentioned in paragraph 6(a) and (b) of Schedule 3;\n(b) the names and addresses of the seller or transferor and the purchaser or transferee , together with the date of the transaction .\n(3) The record mentioned in paragraph (2) must be kept—\n(a) on a computerised data filing system;\n(b) for a period of not less than 30 years after the destruction of the firearm in question .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 38A inserted (16.4.2015) by The Firearms Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/860), regs. 1(1)(3), 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 38A(2)(a) substituted (12.12.2019) by The Firearms Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1420), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 38A(2)(b) inserted (12.12.2019) by The Firearms Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1420), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 38A(3)(b) substituted (12.12.2019) by The Firearms Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1420), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2004/702/article/38A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:06.780545+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."
}