Firearms (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1998
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Conditions for granting or renewal of licences under section 29 of Wildlife Act, 1976, to persons ordinarily resident outside State. |
2.—(1) Notwithstanding subsection (3) of section 29 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 , and subject to this section, the Minister, before granting a licence under subsection (2), or renewing a licence under subsection (6), of that section to a person ordinarily resident outside 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 licence or renew it. | |
(2) The Minister may, for the purpose of establishing that there is no good reason to refuse to grant or renew a licence under section 29 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 , treat any of the following as prima facie evidence of suitability to so grant or renew: | ||
(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. | ||
(3) The Minister may make such enquiries as he or she considers appropriate as to the suitability of any applicant ordinarily resident outside the State for a licence under section 29 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 . | ||
(4) In this section “the Minister” means the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. |