Firearms Act 1971
Number 13 of 1971
FIREARMS ACT 1971
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Firearms Act 1971. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 13 of 1971
FIREARMS ACT 1971
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Acts Referred to |
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1925, No. 17 |
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1968, No. 20 |
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1964, No. 1 |
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Number 13 of 1971
FIREARMS ACT 1971
REVISED
Updated to 28 May 2019
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE FIREARMS ACTS, 1925 TO 1968. [6th July, 1971.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Application of collectively cited Firearms Acts extended (9.12.1993) by European Communities (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 362 of 1993), regs. 8 and 13(1).
Provisions of Firearms Acts and other Statutes.
8. The provisions of the Firearms Acts and other relevant statutes, including provisions relating to powers of the Garda Síochána and Customs Officers, shall extend to a European Firearms Pass or other document to which these Regulations relate and a reference in those enactments to a firearm certificate shall, where the context so admits, include reference to any such document.
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Offences.
13. (1) A person who contravenes any provision of these Regulations shall, without prejudice to any liability under the Firearms Acts, be guilty of an offence under these Regulations.
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Application of Act extended (30.05.1972) by Offences Against the State (Scheduled Offences) Order 1972, (S.I. No. 142 of 1972), art. 2 and appendix.
2. It is hereby declared that the offences specified in the Appendix hereto shall be scheduled offences for the purposes of Part V of the Offences against the State Act, 1939 (No. 13 of 1939).
APPENDIX
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3. Offences under the Firearms Acts, 1925 to 1971.
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Editorial Notes:
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Previous affecting provisions: definition of firearm extended (1.01.1991) by Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 (12/1990), s. 4(1), S.I. No. 313 of 1990; superseded (1.08.2006) by new definition of firearm in Firearms Act 1925 (17/1925), s. 1, as inserted (1.08.2006) by Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006), s. 26, S.I. No. 390 of 2006.