The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

Certificates granted in Great Britain, etc.N.I.

Firearm certificate or shotgun certificate granted in Great BritainN.I.

17.—(1) The holder of a Great Britain certificate may, subject to any applicable conditions, have in his possession in Northern Ireland any firearm and ammunition to which the certificate relates F1....

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(4) In this Article—

  • “applicable conditions” means the conditions under which the Great Britain certificate is heldF3...;

  • F4...

  • “Great Britain certificate” means a firearm certificate or shotgun certificate granted in Great Britain;

  • F4...

Air guns held without a firearm certificate in Great BritainN.I.

18.—(1) A person resident in Great Britain may, without holding a firearm certificate, have an air gun [F5to which paragraph (3) applies] in his possession in Northern Ireland if—

(a)he may have the air gun in his possession in Great Britain without a firearm certificate by virtue of section 1(3)(b) and (4)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27);

(b)he has provided the Chief Constable with such information about the air gun and such other information as the Chief Constable may require; and

(c)he holds a document ( “a certificate of approval”) authorising that possession issued to him by the Chief Constable [F6on payment of the appropriate fee] .

(2) The Chief Constable may at any time require the holder of a certificate of approval to surrender it.

[F7(3) This paragraph applies to an air gun which is capable of discharging a missile so that the missile has, on being discharged, a kinetic energy in excess of one joule.]