Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990
Number 12 of 1990
FIREARMS AND OFFENSIVE WEAPONS ACT 1990
REVISED
Updated to 30 September 2024
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990. 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 12 of 1990
FIREARMS AND OFFENSIVE WEAPONS ACT 1990
REVISED
Updated to 30 September 2024
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary
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Section |
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Amendments to Firearms Acts
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Extension of Firearms Acts to crossbows and stun guns. (Repealed) |
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Authorisation to hold defective firearm without firearm certificate. |
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Offensive Weapons
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Acts Referred to |
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1976, No. 32 |
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1925, No. 17 |
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1964, No. 1 |
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1968, No. 20 |
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1971, No. 13 |
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Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871 |
1871, c. 112 |
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Vagrancy Act, 1824 |
1824, c. 83 |
Number 12 of 1990
FIREARMS AND OFFENSIVE WEAPONS ACT 1990
REVISED
Updated to 30 September 2024
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE FIREARMS ACTS, 1925 TO 1971, TO CONTROL THE AVAILABILITY AND POSSESSION OF OFFENSIVE WEAPONS AND OTHER ARTICLES AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [12th June, 1990]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Application of collectively cited Firearms Acts 1925 to 1990 extended (9.12.1993) by European Communities (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 362 of 1993), regs. 2, 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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