The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004

Museum firearms licencesN.I.

2.—(1) The [F1Department of Justice] may, on an application in writing made on behalf of a museum, grant a licence in respect of that museum.N.I.

(2) While a licence [F2granted by the Department of Justice] is in force in respect of a museum the persons responsible for its management and their employees—

(a)may, without holding a firearm certificate, have in their possession, and purchase or acquire, for the purposes of the museum firearms and ammunition which are or are to be normally exhibited or kept on its premises or on such of them as are specified in the licence; F3. . .

(b)F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) The [F1Department of Justice] shall not grant a licence in respect of a museum unless [F5the Department of Justice] is satisfied that the arrangements for exhibiting and keeping the firearms and ammunition in question are or will be such as not to endanger public safety or the peace.

(4) A licence [F6granted by the Department of Justice] shall be subject to such conditions specified in it as the [F1Department of Justice] thinks necessary for securing the safe custody of the firearms and ammunition in question.

(5) A licence [F6granted by the Department of Justice] shall (unless revoked or cancelled) continue in force for five years from the date on which it is granted.

(6) The [F1Department of Justice] may by order substitute for the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) such longer or shorter period as is specified in the order.