Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991

17 Offences under the following provisions of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981—

(a) Article 3(1) (possessing, purchasing or acquiring firearm or ammunition without certificate) subject to note 1 below;

(b) Article 4(1), (2), (3) or (4) (manufacturing, dealing in, repairing, etc, firearm or ammunition without being registered) subject to note 1 below;

(c) Article 5 (shortening barrel of shot gun or converting imitation firearm into firearm) subject to note 1 below;

(d) Article 6(1) (manufacturing, dealing in or possessing machine gun, or weapon discharging, or ammunition containing, noxious substance) subject to note 1 below;

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

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

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

(h) Article 20 (carrying firearm, etc., in public place) subject to notes 1 and 4 below;

(i) 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) subject to note 1 below;

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