The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 No. 702 (NI. 3)

PART VII N.I. ENFORCEMENT AND OFFENCES

Offences with firearms N.I.

[F1 Supplying imitation firearms to minors N.I.

66A— (1) It is an offence for a person under the age of 18 to purchase an imitation firearm.

(2) It is an offence to sell an imitation firearm to a person under the age of 18.

(3) In proceedings for an offence under paragraph (2) it is a defence to show that the person charged with the offence—

(a) believed the other person to be aged 18 or over; and

(b) had reasonable ground for that belief.]

F1 Art. 66A inserted (1.10.2007) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), ss. 51, 66(2), Sch. 2 para. 8(1); S.I. 2007/2180, art. 4(d)(i)