{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-61.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/61",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Carrying or discharging firearm in a public place",
  "text": "(1) A person who has with him in a public place—\n(a) a loaded shotgun;\n(b) an air gun (whether loaded or not);\n(c) any other firearm (whether loaded or not) together with ammunition suitable for use in that firearm; or\n(d) an imitation firearm,\n, shall be guilty of an offence unless he shows that he had lawful authority or reasonable excuse for doing so.\n(2) A person who discharges any firearm on any public road, or within 18 metres of the centre of any public road, or in any church, churchyard or burial ground shall be guilty of an offence unless he shows that he had lawful authority or reasonable excuse for doing so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2005 NI 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2004/702/article/61",
    "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."
}