PART IVCONTROL OF TRANSACTIONS

Notification of disposal or destruction, etc. taking place outside Northern Ireland42

1

Where outside Northern Ireland any firearm is sold or otherwise disposed of by a transferor whose acquisition or purchase of the firearm was authorised by a firearm certificate, the transferor shall within 7 days of the disposal send notice of it to the Chief Constable.

2

Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

3

Where, outside Northern Ireland—

a

a firearm to which a firearm certificate relates is deactivated, destroyed or lost (whether by theft or otherwise); or

b

any ammunition to which a firearm certificate relates is lost (whether by theft or otherwise),

the certificate holder who was last in possession of the firearm or ammunition before that event shall within 7 days of the event send notice of it to the Chief Constable.

4

Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with paragraph (3) shall be guilty of an offence.

5

A notice required by this Article shall—

a

describe the firearm or ammunition in question (giving the identification number of the firearm and the reference number of the certificate if any); and

b

state the nature of the event and, in the case of a disposal, the name and address of the other party.