Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997

8 An offence under any of the following provisions of the [S.I. 1981/155 (N.I. 2).] Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981:

(a) article 3(1) (possession, &c. of firearm or ammunition not authorised by firearm certificate);

(b) article 4(1) and (2) (transactions with firearms and ammunition);

(c) article 6(1), (1A) and (4) (prohibited firearms and ammunition);

(d) article 7 (movement of firearms and ammunition);

(e) article 18(2), in so far as it concerns possession of firearms or imitation firearms at the time of being arrested;

(f) article 20(1) (carrying firearms in a public place);

(g) article 21 (trespassing with firearms);

(h) article 22(5) and (7) (possession of firearms by person previously convicted of crime, &c.);

(i) article 23 (possession of firearms and ammunition in suspicious circumstances);

(j) article 26 (acquisition and possession of firearms and ammunition by persons under 18);

(k) article 43 (failure to comply with requirements relating to transactions in firearms, &c.).