Explanatory Memorandum

Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

2004 No. 702

Notes on Articles

Article 5 - Grant of firearm certificate

Provides the criteria whereby the Chief Constable may grant a firearm certificate.  These have been recast to give primacy to public safety.  A new criterion that the applicant must be a fit person to be entrusted with a firearm has been added.  It also provides for the Chief Constable, to issue a duplicate certificate, on payment of the appropriate fee.