Firearms Act, 1964
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Renewal of firearm certificate. |
9.—(1) A firearm certificate granted by a Superintendent after the appointed day may, upon the application of the holder thereof, be renewed from time to time by the Superintendent of the district in which the holder resides. | |
(2) Where a firearm certificate is renewed under this section, the certificate shall continue in force until the 31st day of July next after the date of such renewal, but a renewal of a certificate granted before the 31st day of July in any year may be expressed to commence on the next following 1st day of August and shall in that case be in force on and from such 1st day of August until the next following 31st day of July. | ||
(3) A renewal of a firearm certificate shall be in the form prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under section 27 of the Principal Act. | ||
(4) (a) A firearm certificate granted by a Superintendent may be renewed by a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of Sergeant in the district in which the holder of the certificate resides if and so long as he is so authorised in writing by the Superintendent of that district. | ||
(b) The power of renewal conferred by this subsection shall be subject to such reservations (if any) as may be specified in the authority of the Superintendent. | ||
(c) The power of renewal conferred by this subsection shall not enable the member exercising it in any district to refuse to renew any particular firearm certificate unless the Superintendent of that district has authorised him to refuse to renew that particular certificate. | ||
(5) In subsection (1) of this section “the appointed day” means the day appointed by the Minister by order to be the appointed day for the purposes of that subsection. |