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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-arms-decommissioning-act-1997/schedule-n1/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/7",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-arms-decommissioning-act-1997",
  "path": "schedule/n1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An offence under any of the following provisions of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981or a corresponding provision of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004:\n(a) article 3(1) (possession, &c. of firearm or ammunition not authorised by firearm certificate);\n(b) article 4(1) and (2) (transactions with firearms and ammunition);\n(c) article 6(1), (1A) and (4) (prohibited firearms and ammunition);\n(d) article 7 (movement of firearms and ammunition);\n(e) article 18(2), in so far as it concerns possession of firearms or imitation firearms at the time of being arrested;\n(f) article 20(1) (carrying firearms in a public place);\n(g) article 21 (trespassing with firearms);\n(h) article 22(5) and (7) (possession of firearms by person previously convicted of crime, &c.);\n(i) article 23 (possession of firearms and ammunition in suspicious circumstances);\n(j) article 26 (acquisition and possession of firearms and ammunition by persons under 18);\n(k) article 43 (failure to comply with requirements relating to transactions in firearms, &c.).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/155 (N.I. 2)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/7/schedule/n1/paragraph/8",
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  },
  "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."
}