SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5AMENDMENTS OF THE FIREARMS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 2004

Part 1Firearms - Persons under 18

Other amendments relating to persons under 18

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1

Article 7 (purposes for which a young person may acquire and have in possession certain firearms and ammunition), in paragraph (3)(b)(i), after “sporting purposes” insert “ or for the purpose of pest control ”.

2

In Schedule 1 (firearm certificates—exemptions)—

a

in paragraph 9 (air guns and ammunition), in sub-paragraph (3)(b), (person under 18 may not purchase an air gun without a certificate unless the person has attained the age of 17), the words “unless he has attained the age of 17” are repealed;

b

in paragraph 11 (shotguns), in sub-paragraph (3), at the end add “ unless the person has attained the age of 16 and is under the supervision of a person who has attained the age of 21 and has held a firearm certificate for a shotgun for at least three years ”.