Firearms (Firearm Certificates For Non-Residents) Act 2000
Number 20 of 2000
FIREARMS (FIREARM CERTIFICATES FOR NON-RESIDENTS) ACT 2000
REVISED
Updated to 4 May 2022
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Firearms (Firearm Certificates for Non-Residents) Act 2000. 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.
All Acts up to and including the Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (7/2022), enacted 4 May 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including the European Union (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 209 of 2022), made 27 April 2022, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 20 of 2000
FIREARMS (FIREARM CERTIFICATES FOR NON-RESIDENTS) ACT 2000
REVISED
Updated to 4 May 2022
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
Firearms Acts 1925 to 2009: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (28/2009), s. 1(2)). The Acts in the group are:
• Firearms Act 1925 (17/1925)
• Firearms Act 1964 (1/1964)
• Firearms Act 1971 (13/1971)
• Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 (12/1990), Part II
• Firearms (Firearm Certificates for Non-Residents) Act 2000 (20/2000), other than s. 4
• Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006), Part 5 and sch. 1
• Criminal Justice Act 2007 (29/2007), Part 6
• Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (28/2009), Part 4
Firearms (Proofing) Act 1968 (20/1968) is excluded from the collective citation from 14 July 2000 by Firearms (Firearms Certificates for Non-Residents) Act 2000, s. 8(2).
Firearms (Temporary Provisions) Act 1998 (32/1998) is excluded from the collective citation from 14 July 2000 by Firearms (Temporary Provisions) Act Continuance Order 1999 (S.I. No. 189 of 1999), art. 2.
European Union (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 209 of 2022) also deal with firearms.
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
An explanation of how to read annotations is available at
www.lawreform.ie/annotations.
Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at
www.irishstatutebook.ie.
Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (7/2022)
• Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (28/2009)
• Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006)
• Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 (12/1990)
• Firearms Act 1925 (17/1925)
All Acts up to and including Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Act 2022 (7/2022), enacted 4 May 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• European Union (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 209 of 2022)
• Firearms (Fees) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 312 of 2009)
• Firearms Certificates for Non-Residents Order 2002 (S.I. No. 48 of 2002)
• European Communities (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 362 of 1993)
All statutory instruments up to and including European Union (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 209 of 2022), made 27 April 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 20 of 2000
FIREARMS (FIREARM CERTIFICATES FOR NON-RESIDENTS) ACT 2000
REVISED
Updated to 4 May 2022
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Acts Referred to |
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Firearms Act, 1925 |
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Firearms Act, 1964 |
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Firearms Acts, 1925 to 1998 |
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Firearms (Proofing) Act, 1968 |
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Wildlife Act, 1976 |
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Number 20 of 2000
FIREARMS (FIREARM CERTIFICATES FOR NON-RESIDENTS) ACT 2000
REVISED
Updated to 4 May 2022
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AMENDMENT OF THE PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR THE GRANTING OF FIREARM CERTIFICATES UNDER SECTION 3 OF THE FIREARMS ACT, 1925, IN RESPECT OF PERSONS NOT ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN THE STATE AND THE GRANTING AND RENEWAL OF HUNTING LICENCES UNDER SECTION 29 OF THE WILDLIFE ACT, 1976, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [5th July, 2000]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Application of collectively cited Firearms Acts extended (27.04.2022) by European Union (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 209 of 2022), reg. 20.
Provisions of Firearms Acts and other statutes
20. 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.
Editorial Notes:
E1
Previous affecting provision: 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); revoked (27.04.2022) by European Union (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 209 of 2022), reg. 40(a).