{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-arms-decommissioning-act-1997/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-arms-decommissioning-act-1997/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/7",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-arms-decommissioning-act-1997",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“ammunition” means anything which is—\n(a)ammunition within the meaning of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, or\n(b)a component of such ammunition;\n“decommissioned article” means—\n(a)anything which has been transferred, deposited or collected in accordance with a decommissioning scheme,\n(b)anything found on or in, or received with, something falling within paragraph (a), and\n(c)a part of, or thing derived from, something falling within paragraph (a) or (b);\n“destruction” includes making permanently inaccessible or permanently unusable;\n“firearm” means anything which—\n(a)is a firearm within the meaning of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004,\n(b)is an accessory to such a firearm,\n(c)is a weapon designed or adapted for the discharge of any thing, or\n(d)has the appearance of being one of the things described in paragraphs (a) to (c);\n“explosive” means anything which is—\n(a)an explosive within the meaning of the Explosives Act 1875, or\n(b)an explosive substance within the meaning of the Explosive Substances Act 1883.\n(2) In this Act, references to things done in accordance with a decommissioning scheme include references to things done in accordance with arrangements provided for by a scheme.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 10(1) substituted (N.I.) (1.02.2005) by S.I. 2004/702, Sch. 7 para. 21(a), (art. 81); S.R. 2005/4, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 10(1) substituted (N.I.) (1.02.2005) by S.I. 2004/702, Sch. 7 para. 21(b), (art. 81); S.R. 2005/4, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/155 (N.I. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/155 (N.I. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1875 c. 17."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1883 c. 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/7/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:28:20.301628+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."
}