The Firearms (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

• Citation: S.I. 1994/3204 (N.I.)
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Title and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Firearms (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the expiration of two months from the day on which it is made.

(3) This Order shall not have effect in relation to anything done before it comes into operation.

Section 2 Interpretation

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Section 3 Possession of firearm or imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence

(1) After Article 17 of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (“the 1981 Order”) there shall be inserted the following Article—

Possession of firearm with intent to cause fear of violence

(17A) A person who has in his possession any firearm or imitation firearm with intent—

(a) by means thereof to cause; or

(b) to enable another person by means thereof to cause,

any person to believe that unlawful violence will be used against him or another person, shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) In the Table in Schedule 2 to that Order (table of punishments), after the entry relating to Article 17 there shall be inserted the following entry—

Section 4 Application of Articles 21 and 45 of the 1981 Order to imitation firearms

(1) In Article 21 of the 1981 Order (trespassing with firearm), after the word “firearm”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “or imitation firearm”.

(2) In paragraph (1)(b) of Article 45 of that Order (power of search with warrant), after the word “firearm” there shall be inserted the words “, imitation firearm”.

(3) In the Table in Schedule 2 to that Order —

(a) in the entry relating to Article 21(1), in column 2, after the word “firearm” there shall be inserted the words “or imitation firearm” and, in column 3, after the word “Indictment” there shall be added the words “(but not in the case of an imitation firearm)”; and

(b) in the entry relating to Article 21(2), in column 2, after the word “firearm” there shall be inserted the words “or imitation firearm”.