Criminal Justice Act 2006

SCHEDULE 1

Increase of Certain Penalties under Firearms Acts 1925 to 2000

Section 64 .

Section of Act

Subject matter

Word(s) deleted

Words substituted

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Amendment of Firearms Act 1925

12(4)

Register to be kept by firearms dealer

fifty pounds

€3,000

12(5)

twenty-five pounds

€1,500

13(2)

Inspections of stock of firearms dealer

ten pounds

€1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both

21(4)

Search for and seizure of certain firearms, etc.

liable on summary conviction thereof in the case of a first offence to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds

liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both

22(2)

Powers of members of Garda Síochána

ten pounds

€1,000

Amendment of Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990

7(6)(a)

Possession, sale, etc. of silencers

£1,000

€5,000

7(6)(b)

five years

7 years

8(a)

Reckless discharge of firearm

£1,000

€5,000

8(b)

five years

7 years

9(7)(a)

Possession of knives, etc.

£1,000

€5,000

9(7)(b)

£1,000

€5,000

10(3)(a)

Trespassing with knife, etc.

£1,000

€5,000

11(a)

Production of article capable of inflicting serious injury

£1,000

€5,000

12(3)(a)

Power to prohibit manufacture, etc. of offensive weapons

£1,000

€5,000

12(3)(b)

five years

7 years

Amendment of Firearms (Firearm Certificates for Non-Residents) Act 2000

3(4)(a)

Prohibition of false information and alteration of firearm certificates

£1,000

€2,500

3(4)(b)

£10,000

€20,000