{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-8.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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Content and duration of firearm certificate",
  "text": "(1) A firearm certificate shall—\n(a) describe each firearm to which it relates and specify any quantities of ammunition authorised to be held at any one time; and\n(b) specify—\n(i) any conditions subject to which the certificate is held;\n(ii) the date on which it ceases to be in force; and\n(iii) any firearms club of which the holder is a member.\n(2) A firearm certificate shall (unless revoked or cancelled) continue in force for five years from the date on which it is granted.\n(3) The Department of Justice may by order substitute for the period mentioned in paragraph (2) such period as is specified in the order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 8(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 9, Sch. 11 para. 3(b) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2004/702/article/8",
    "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."
}