art 2
(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (b) shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. (2) In this Order— “acquire” means hire, accept as a gift or borrow; “air weapon’’ means an air gun, air rifle or air pistol; (a) 1974 c. 28. (b) 1954 c. 33 (N.L). S.1. 1981/155 (N.I. 2) 153 a “ammunition” means ammunition for any firearm and includes grenades, bombs and other like missiles, whether capable of use with a firearm or not, and also includes prohibited ammunition; . a “frearm’? means a lethal barrelled weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged and includes— (a) any prohibited weapon, whether it is such a lethal weapon as aforesaid or not; and | and -(b) any component part of such a lethal or prohibited weapon; (c) any accessory to any such weapon designed or adapted to diminish the noise or flash caused by firing the weapon; “firearm certificate’? means, subject to paragraph (4), a certificate granted in Northern Ireland under Article 28; 7 “frearms club” means a club established for the purpose of promoting and practising skill in the use of firearms (other than shot guns) and includes . (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) a cadet corps; “firearms dealer’? means a person who by way of trade or business manufactures, sells, transfers, repairs, tests or proves firearms or ammunition; “imitation firearm’? means anything which has the appearance of being a firearm whether or not it is capable of discharging any shot, bullet or other missile; 7 “the police force’? means the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve; So ‘prescribed’? means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State; “prohibited weapon’’ and “prohibited ammunition”’ respectively mean a weapon and ammunition prohibited under Article 6 (1); “registered”’, in relation to a firearms dealer, means registered either— (a) in Northern Ireland under Article 34; or (b) in Great Britain under section 33 of the Firearms Act 1968 (a); “shot gun” means a smooth bore gun with a barrel not less than twenty-four inches in length, not being an air gun; “shot gun certificate’? means a certificate granted in Great Britain under section 28 of the Firearms Act 1968 and authorising a person to possess shot guns; . “slaughtering instrument’? means a firearm which is specially designed or adapted for the instantaneous slaughter of animals or for the instantaneous stunning of animals with a view to slaughtering them; . 7 “special permit’? means a permit granted under Article 40; “transfer” includes let on hire, give, lend and part with possession. ; (3) For the purpose of this Order— a | (a) the length of the barrel of a firearm shall be measured from the muzzle to the point at which the charge is exploded on firing; and . _ (b) a shot gun or an air weapon shall be deemed to be loaded if there is ammunition in the chamber or barrel or in any magazine or other device which . is in such a position that the ammunition can be fed into the chamber or barrel by the manual or automatic operation of some part of the gun or weapon. - Be ne (a) 1968c.27, oe = FIREARMS In this Order any reference— to a firearm certificate includes a reference to a firearm certificate and a shot gun certificate granted under the law for the time being in force in Great Britain and having effect in Northern Ireland by virtue of Article 15; to a condition subject to which a firearm certificate is held includes a reference to a condition subject to which a firearm certificate or shot gun certificate is held under the law for the time being in force in Great Britain as that condition has effect in Northern Ireland by virtue of Article 15. oe . For the purposes of section 42 (2) of the Northern Ireland Constitution 1973 (a) (validity of Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland), provisions Order which re-enact provisions of an Act of the Parliament of Northern shall be deemed to be provisions of such an Act. . Part Il AND AMMUNITION: PREVENTION OF CRIME AND MEASURES TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY General restrictions on possession and handling of firearms and ammunition