{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/schedule-3/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Items for the time being specified in Article 45(1) or (2) of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004; and the subject-matter of Article 45(10) of that Order.\n(2) The security of explosives, including—\n(a) the prevention of loss or theft of explosives,\n(b) the prevention of the use of explosives for wrongful purposes, and\n(c) the detection, identification and traceability of explosives.\nThis sub-paragraph does not include the security of fireworks, or the licensing of shotfirers, or the subject-matter of section 2 of the Explosives Act (Northern Ireland) 1970.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 12 substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Amendment of Schedule 3) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/977), arts. 1(2), 7"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:12.253813+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."
}