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As many of you are aware a new “one off – one on” system came into effect on the 1^st December 2011. This follows changes to the Firearms Law that were included with the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011. The wordings of the changes are given below.

Variation of firearms certificateN.I.

103  In Article 11 of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (NI 3) after paragraph (3) (substitution of shotguns) insert—

“(4) If a person—

(a) sells a relevant firearm (“the first firearm”) to the holder of a firearms dealer's certificate (“the dealer”);

and

(b) as part of the same transaction purchases from the dealer another relevant firearm of the same type and calibre (“the second firearm”), the dealer may vary that person's firearm certificate by substituting the second firearm for the first firearm.

(5) In paragraph (4) “relevant firearm” means a firearm other than—

(a) a shotgun;

or

(b) a prohibited weapon.”.