SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 Scheduled Offences

Part I Substantive Offences

Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/155 (N.I. 2))

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Offences under the following provisions of the M1Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 subject to note 1 below—

a

Article 4(1), (2), (3) or (4) (manufacturing, dealing in, repairing, etc, firearm or ammunition without being registered),

b

Article 5 (shortening barrel of shot gun or converting imitation firearm into firearm),

c

Article 6(1) (manufacturing, dealing in or possessing certain weapons, etc.),

d

Article 17 (possessing firearm or ammunition with intent to endanger life or cause serious damage to property),

e

Article 18 (use or attempted use of firearm or imitation firearm to prevent arrest of self or another etc.),

f

Article 19 (carrying firearm or imitation firearm with intent to commit indictable offence or prevent arrest of self or another),

g

Article 20 (carrying firearm, etc. in public place) subject to note 4 below,

h

Article 22 (possession of firearm or ammunition by person who has been sentenced to imprisonment, etc. and sale of firearm or ammunition to such a person), and

i

Article 23 (possessing firearm or ammunition in suspicious circumstances).