The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 No. 702 (NI. 3)

PART II N.I. FIREARM CERTIFICATES, ETC.

Issue, etc. of documents for European purposes N.I.

Duration of European firearms pass N.I.

20.—(1) The period specified in a European firearms pass as the period for which it is to be valid shall be whichever is the shorter of the following—

(a) the period until the earliest time when a firearm certificate relating to a firearm identified in the pass expires; and

(b) the maximum period for the duration of that pass.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) the maximum period for the duration of a European firearms pass is—

(a) in the case of a pass identifying only a firearm stated in the pass to fall within category D for the purposes of Annex I to the European weapons directive, ten years; and

(b) in any other case, five years.