Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023
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Insertion of section 3DA into Act of 1925 | ||
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10. The Act of 1925 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 3D: | ||
“Restrictions on firearm certificates for semi-automatic centre-fire rifles | ||
3DA. (1) On and after the date of the coming into operation of section 10 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (in this section referred to as the ‘relevant date’), a firearm certificate shall not be granted under this Act, or under section 2 of the Act of 2000 in respect of an application under paragraph (a) or (aa) of subsection (2) of that section, for a semi-automatic centre-fire rifle. | ||
(2) On the day that is 3 months after the relevant date, any firearm certificate for a semi-automatic centre-fire rifle that was first granted after 18 September 2015 and that was in force immediately before the relevant date shall stand revoked. | ||
(3) This section shall not affect the possibility of renewal of a firearm certificate for a semi-automatic centre-fire rifle under section 3 of this Act, or under section 9 of the Act of 1964, where the firearm certificate was first granted on or before 18 September 2015 and was in force on the relevant date. | ||
(4) On or after the relevant date, the Minister or the Commissioner shall not, under section 11(1) of the Act of 1964, substitute for the description of a firearm in a firearm certificate granted by him or her the description of a semi-automatic centre-fire rifle. | ||
(5) Sections 5(3) and 6 shall, on and after the day referred to in subsection (2) of this section, apply in relation to a semi-automatic centre-fire rifle in relation to which the relevant firearm certificate has been revoked pursuant to this section. | ||
(6) In this section— | ||
‘Act of 1964’ means the Firearms Act 1964 ; | ||
‘Act of 2000’ means the Firearms (Firearm Certificates For Non-Residents) Act 2000 ; | ||
‘first granted’ means, in relation to a particular semi-automatic centre-fire rifle— | ||
(a) the grant (not renewal) of a firearm certificate for the semi-automatic centre-fire rifle under section 3 of this Act, or under section 2 of the Act of 2000 in respect of an application under paragraph (a) or (aa) of subsection (2) of that section, or | ||
(b) the substitution by the Minister or the Commissioner, under section 11(1) of the Act of 1964, for the description of a firearm in a firearm certificate granted by him or her the description of the semi-automatic centre-fire rifle, | ||
whichever is the earlier; | ||
‘semi-automatic centre-fire rifle’ means a rifled long firearm that— | ||
(a) uses a cartridge with a centrally located primer in the base, | ||
(b) can self-load a round after each time a round is discharged, and | ||
(c) cannot fire more than one round with a single pull on the trigger.”. |