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Paragraph 16

Northern Ireland

Offences under the following provisions of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 F1subject to note 1 below—

(a)

Article 4(1), (2), (3) or (4) (manufacturing, dealing in, repairing, etc, firearm or ammunition without being registered) F2. . .;

(b)

Article 5 (shortening barrel of shot gun or converting imitation firearm into firearm) . . .;

(c)

Article 6(1) (manufacturing, dealing in or possessing certain weapons, etc.) . . .;

(d)

Article 17 (possessing firearm or ammunition with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property);

(e)

Article 18 (use or attempted use of firearm or imitation firearm to prevent arrest of self or another etc.);

(f)

Article 19 (carrying firearm or imitation firearm with intent to commit indictable offence or prevent arrest of self or another);

(g)

Article 20 (carrying firearm, etc, in public place) F3subject to note 4 below;

(h)

Article 22 (possession of firearm or ammunition by person who has been sentenced to imprisonment, etc, and sale of firearm or ammunition to such a person) . . .;

(i)

Article 23 (possessing firearm or ammunition in suspicious circumstances).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 1 para. 16 inserted (8.4.1998) by 1998 c. 9, s. 2(2)(c)

F2

Words in Sch. 1 para. 16 repealed (8.4.1998) by 1998 c. 9, ss. 2(2)(c), 7(2), Sch. 2

F3

Words in Sch. 1 para. 16 substituted (8.4.1998) by 1998 c. 9, s. 7(1), Sch. 1 para. 3(5)(a)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 125(2), Sch. 16 Pt. I; S.I. 2001/421, arts. 2, 3

F2

Act ceased to have effect (subject to temporary extension of specified provisions as mentioned below) (20.7.2000) (temporary extension: by ss. 2(2), 128, Sch. 1 paras. 1, 2(1) of 2000 c. 11 there is continued in force for a period of 12 months beginning with 20.7.2000 any provision of the Act (except ss. 26(1)(b), 35 and 50) if and so far as it is in force immediately before 20.7.2000 by virtue of an order under s. 62(3) of this Act)

Act wholly repealed (19.2.2001) by virtue of 2000 c. 11, ss. 2(1)(b), 125(2), 128, Sch. 16 Pt. I; S.I. 2001/421, art. 2