PART IVCONTROL OF TRANSACTIONS
Purchase or acquisition of firearms in F1... member States43.
(1)
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), where—
(a)
a person who resides in Northern Ireland purchases or acquires a firearm in F2a member State; and
(b)
that firearm is a firearm which falls within category C for the purposes of Annex I to the European weapons directive,
he shall, within 7 days from the transaction, send notice of it to the Chief Constable.
(2)
A person shall not be required to give notice under paragraph (1) of a transaction under which he acquires a firearm on terms which—
(a)
restrict his possession of the firearm to the whole or a part of the period of a visit to the member State where the transaction takes place; and
(b)
preclude the removal of the firearm from that member State.
(3)
A person shall not be required to give notice under paragraph (1) of a transaction under which he purchases or acquires a firearm if he is the holder of a firearm certificate relating to that firearm and containing, in relation to that firearm, a condition that he may have it in his possession only for the purpose of its being kept or exhibited as part of a collection.
(4)
A notice required by paragraph (1) shall—
(a)
describe the firearm in question (giving its identification number and the reference number of the certificate if any); and
(b)
state the nature of the transaction and the name and address in Northern Ireland of the person sending the notice.
(5)
A person who fails to comply with this Article shall be guilty of an offence.