Paragraph 8

United Kingdom

An offence under any of the following provisions of the M1Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981F1or a corresponding provision of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004:

(a)

article 3(1) (possession, &c. of firearm or ammunition not authorised by firearm certificate);

(b)

article 4(1) and (2) (transactions with firearms and ammunition);

(c)

article 6(1), (1A) and (4) (prohibited firearms and ammunition);

(d)

article 7 (movement of firearms and ammunition);

(e)

article 18(2), in so far as it concerns possession of firearms or imitation firearms at the time of being arrested;

(f)

article 20(1) (carrying firearms in a public place);

(g)

article 21 (trespassing with firearms);

(h)

article 22(5) and (7) (possession of firearms by person previously convicted of crime, &c.);

(i)

article 23 (possession of firearms and ammunition in suspicious circumstances);

(j)

article 26 (acquisition and possession of firearms and ammunition by persons under 18);

(k)

article 43 (failure to comply with requirements relating to transactions in firearms, &c.).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. para. 8 inserted (1.2.2005) (N.I.) by S.I. 2004/702, Sch. 7 para. 22 (with art. 81); S.R. 2005/4, art. 3.

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 1981/155 (N.I. 2).