Firearms Act , 1971

1. Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

“the Minister” means the Minister for Justice;

“the Principal Act” means the Firearms Act, 1925.

2. Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act.

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3. Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act.

3.—Section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a)by the substitution in subsection (2) of “under this section” for “under this Act and shall be punishable accordingly”,

(b)by the insertion after subsection (2) of the following subsections:

(c)by the insertion after subsection (4) (i) (inserted by the Firearms (Proofing) Act, 1968) of the following:

and

(d)by the insertion in subsection (5) (a) (inserted by the Firearms Act, 1964) after “this section” of “, or of any component parts of a firearm,”.

4. Application of section 15 of Principal Act.

4.—For the removal of doubt it is hereby declared that in section 15 of the Principal Act references to life and property include references to life and property outside the area of application of the laws enacted by the Oireachtas.

5. Sale, possession and carriage of parts.

5.—(1)Nothing in section 10 of the Principal Act shall make it unlawful for a person to sell a part of a firearm, being a replacement, spare or extra part for use solely as part of such firearm, to a person (in this section referred to as the purchaser) who is the holder of a firearm certificate in respect of such firearm or who is entitled by virtue of the Firearms Acts, 1925 to 1971, to have possession of such firearm without having a firearm certificate therefor and no separate authorisation shall be required for the possession and carriage of such part by the purchaser.

(2)In this section “sell” has the meaning assigned to it by section 10 of the Principal Act.

6. Registration of dealers in sporting ammunition.

6.—(1)Section 9 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (7) of the following subsections:

(2)Section 10 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (6) of the following subsection:

(3)Section 11 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (2) of the following subsection:

7. Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement.

7.—(1)This Act may be cited as the Firearms Act, 1971.

(2)The Firearms Acts, 1925 to 1968, and this Act may be cited together as the Firearms Acts, 1925 to 1971.

(3)The Principal Act and this Act shall be construed together as one Act.

(4)This Act shall come into operation on the fourteenth day after the date of its passing.