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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2004/702",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Department of Justice may by notice in writing to the persons responsible for the management of a museum—\n(a) vary the conditions specified in a licence granted by the Department of Justice in respect of the museum; or\n(b) vary the licence so as to extend or restrict the premises to which it applies.\n(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) the Department of Justice may by notice under that sub-paragraph require the persons in question to produce the licence to the Department of Justice within 21 days from the date of the notice.\n(3) The Department of Justice may by notice in writing to the persons responsible for the management of a museum revoke a licence granted by the Department of Justice in respect of the museum if—\n(a) at any time the Department of Justice is satisfied that the continuation of the exemption conferred by the licence would result in danger to public safety or to the peace; or\n(b) those persons or any of them or any employee of theirs has been convicted of an offence under this Schedule; or\n(c) those persons have failed to comply with a notice under this paragraph requiring them to produce the licence.\n(4) Where a licence granted by the Department of Justice is revoked the Department of Justice shall by notice in writing require the persons responsible for the management of the museum in question to surrender the licence to the Department of Justice.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 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(h) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(a) 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. 12(3)(a) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(2) 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. 12(3)(b) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(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. 12(3)(c) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(3)(a) 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. 12(3)(d) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(4) inserted (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. 12(3)(e) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(4) 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. 12(3)(f) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2004/702/schedule/2/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."
}