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Northern Ireland. 2004 ‘Article 7: Grant of Firearm Certificate to Young Persons.’ Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004; Part II, pp. 7-8. Belfast: Northern Ireland Assembly. 10 March

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Grant of Firearm Certificate to Young Persons

7.—(1) In this Article "young person" means a person under the age of 18 who has attained the age of 16.

(2) The Chief Constable may grant a firearm certificate to a young person if —

(a) each firearm to which it relates is —

(i) an air gun to which paragraph (4) applies;
(ii) a shotgun; or
(iii) a .22 rimfire rifle that is to say of a calibre not exceeding 5.59 millimetres; and

(b) the Chief Constable attaches a condition under Article 6(1) that the firearm and any ammunition for it to which the certificate relates are for the purpose of —

(i) pest control; or
(ii) the protection of livestock;

on agricultural land occupied by the holder or on which he works and also resides.

(3) The Chief Constable may grant a firearm certificate to a young person if —

(a)each firearm to which it relates is —

(i) an air gun to which paragraph (4) applies; or
(ii) a shotgun; and

(b) the Chief Constable attaches a condition under Article 6(1) that the holder shall have the firearm and any ammunition for it to which the certificate relates in his possession only —

(i) for sporting purposes; and
(ii) for a specified period of at least 12 months under the supervision of a person who has attained the age of 21 and has held a firearm certificate for a firearm of that type for at least three years.

(4) 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.

ID: Q6669

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