S.I. No. 339/2025 - European Union (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) (Amendment) Regulations 2025


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd July, 2025.

I, JIM O’CALLAGHAN, Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/68 of 16 January 2019 , as amended by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2024/325 of 19 January 2024 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 22nd day of July 2025.

2. The European Union (Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Ammunition) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. No. 209 of 2022 ) are amended –

(a) in Regulation 6(5), by the substitution of “0.0762” for “0.04”, and

(b) in Regulation 8(5), by the substitution of “0.0762” for “0.04”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 July, 2025.

JIM O’CALLAGHAN,

Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.