{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-9.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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person may, without holding a firearm certificate, have in his possession or purchase or acquire an air gun.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the air gun is capable of discharging a missile so that the missile has, on being discharged, a kinetic energy in excess of one joule.\n(3) A person who is under the age of 18 may not by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) have an air gun in his possession without a firearm certificate unless he has attained the age of 14 or is under the supervision of a person who has attained the age of 21;\n(b) purchase an air gun without a firearm certificate ....\n(4) A person may, without holding a firearm certificate, have in his possession or purchase or acquire ammunition for an air gun.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(3)(b) repealed (13.5.2016) by Justice Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 21), s. 61(1), Sch. 5 para. 2(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2004/702/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}