{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-removal-to-northern-ireland-order-1990/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2621",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Removal to Northern Ireland) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-removal-to-northern-ireland-order-1990",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the removal of firearms or ammunition to which this Order applies from Great Britain to Northern Ireland is hereby prohibited unless —\n(a) the removal is authorised by the chief officer of police for the area from which they are to be removed and by the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary; and\n(b) such conditions as may be imposed by the chief officer of police or the Chief Constable are complied with.\n(2) This Order does not prohibit the holder of a firearm certificate (whether issued in Great Britain or Northern Ireland) from carrying with him any firearm or ammunition authorised by the certificate to be so carried.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2621/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:53:57.908494+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."
}