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33: After Clause 31, insert the following new Clause— “Remote sale of knives etc: Northern Ireland(1) Article 54A of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24)) (remote sale of knives) is amended as follows.(2) For paragraph (4) substitute—“(4) Condition A is that, before the sale—(a) the seller either—(i) obtained from the buyer a copy of an identity document issued to the buyer in a physical form and a photograph of the buyer, or(ii) took such steps to verify the buyer’s age as may be prescribed in an order made by the Department of Justice, and(b) on the basis of that copy and photograph or those steps, a reasonable person would have been satisfied that the buyer was aged 18 or over.(4A) For the purposes of paragraph (4) an “identity document” means—(a) a United Kingdom passport (within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971);(b) a passport issued by or on behalf of the authorities of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom or by or on behalf of an international organisation;(c) a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under Part 2 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1)) or Part 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988;(d) any other document specified in an order made by the Department of Justice.”(3) In paragraph (5)(b), for “a person aged 18 or over” substitute “the buyer”.(4) In paragraph (6), for “a person aged 18 or over” substitute “the buyer”.(5) In paragraph (8), omit “or a person acting on behalf of the buyer”, in both places it occurs.(6) In Article 57 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24)) (rules and orders)—(a) in paragraph (1) after “54(3)(c)” insert “, 54A(4A)(d)”;(b) in paragraph (2) after “Article” insert “54A(4)(a)(ii) or”.”Member’s explanatory statement This new clause makes provision for Northern Ireland equivalent to that made for England and Wales by clause 31 (as amended by my amendments to that clause).