{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2004/702",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person who is the holder of a certificate of competence to slaughter animals may, without holding a firearm certificate, have in his possession a slaughtering instrument in any slaughterhouse in which he is employed.\n(2) The proprietor of a slaughterhouse or a person appointed by him to take charge of slaughtering instruments for the purpose of storing them in safe custody at that slaughterhouse may, without holding a firearm certificate, have in his possession a slaughtering instrument for that purpose.\n(3) In this paragraph—\n“certificate of competence to slaughter animals” means a certificate of competence issued in respect of an operation specified in regulation 6 of the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014;\n“slaughterhouse” includes a knacker's yard; and\n“slaughtering instrument” includes ammunition for a slaughtering instrument.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(1) substituted (21.5.2014) by The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/107), reg. 1, Sch. 6 para. 1(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(3) substituted (21.5.2014) by The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/107), reg. 1, Sch. 6 para. 1(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nia/2011/24",
      "affecting_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nia/2011/24",
      "affecting_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2004/702/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}