Proposed Amendments to Firearms Licensing Fees and the "Banded System"

Overview

This consultation is seeking your views on proposals by the Department of Justice (DoJ) to amend firearms licensing fees as set out in Schedule 6 of              The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (“2004 Order”).

It is also seeking your views on proposals to make amendments to Schedule 1A of the 2004 Order, commonly referred to as the “banded system”.

Respondents are asked to answer the 11 consultation questions.  The best way to respond to the consultation is online here at NIDirect Citizen Space.  There is also a questionnaire on the Department’s website which can be emailed to feb@justice-ni.gov.uk or you can post it to:

Firearms and Explosives Branch
Department of Justice
Block 4
Knockview Buildings
Stormont Estate
Belfast, BT4 3SJ.

The closing date for receipt of responses is 29 May 2026.  Please note that it is unlikely that we will be able to consider responses received after this date. 

If it would help you to have this document in a different format, please contact us at feb@justice-ni.gov.uk.

Privacy notice

We intend to publish a summary of the response to this consultation on the Department’s website.  Any contact details that identify a respondent as a private individual will be removed prior to publication.  All information will be handled in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018.  Respondents should also be aware that the Department’s obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 may require that any responses not subject to specific exemptions under the Act may be disclosed to other parties on request.

For more information about how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Notice which is available alongside this consultation.

Complaints

If you have any concerns about the way that this consultation process is being or has been handled, please contact us at feb@justice-ni.gov.uk.