Firearms (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1998
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Conditions for granting firearm certificates to persons not ordinarily resident in State. |
1.—(1) Notwithstanding sections 4 and 8 (as amended by section 17 of the Firearms Act, 1964 ) of the Firearms Act, 1925 , and subject to this section, the Minister, before granting a firearm certificate to a person not ordinarily resident in the State, shall be of the opinion that the application is bona fide and that there is no good reason to refuse to grant the certificate. | |
(2) A firearm certificate shall not be granted to a person not ordinarily resident in the State who has not attained the age of 16 years. | ||
(3) The Minister may, for the purpose of establishing that there is no good reason to refuse to grant a firearm certificate, treat any of the following as prima facie evidence of suitability to so grant: | ||
(a) where a person is resident in a Member State of the European Community other than the State, any European Firearms Pass duly issued to such person to which paragraphs (4) and (5) of Regulation 7 of the European Communities (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 362 of 1993 ) relate, or | ||
(b) in any case, any other permit, licence, authorisation or other document duly issued by an appropriate authority or body outside the State which the Minister considers acceptable. | ||
(4) The Minister may make such enquiries as he or she considers appropriate as to the suitability of any applicant not ordinarily resident in the State for a firearm certificate. | ||
(5) The Minister may, as he or she considers necessary, attach such conditions, if any, to any firearm certificate granted to a person not ordinarily resident in the State. | ||
(6) The Minister may at any time revoke a firearm certificate granted to a person not ordinarily resident in the State if he or she is of the opinion that the holder of such certificate is a person who cannot, without danger to the public safety or to the peace, be permitted to have a firearm in his or her possession. | ||
(7) In this section “the Minister” means the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. |