Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978

Firearms Act (Northern Ireland) 1969

11 Offences under the following provisions of the [1969 c. 12 (N.I.).] Firearms Act (Northern Ireland) 1969—

(a) section 1(1) (possessing, purchasing or acquiring firearm or ammunition without certificate);

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

(c) section 3 (shortening barrel of shotgun or converting imitation firearm into firearm);

(d) section 4(1) (manufacturing, dealing in or possessing machine gun, or weapon discharging, or ammunition containing, noxious substance);

(e) section 14 (possessing firearm or ammunition with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property);

(f) section 15 (use or attempted use of firearm or imitation firearm to prevent arrest of self or another, etc.);

(g) section 16 (carrying firearm or imitation firearm with intent to commit indictable offence or prevent arrest of self or another);

(h) section 17 (carrying firearm, etc., in public place) subject to note 3 below ;

(i) section 19 (possession of firearm or ammunition by person who has been sentenced to imprisonment, etc., and sale of firearm or ammunition to such a person);

(j) section 19A (possessing firearm or ammunition in suspicious circumstances).