Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
Ireland. 2009 ‘Amendment to section 3 of Principal Act - License Expiry.’ Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act Number 28 of 2009; Part 4. Dublin: Houses of the Oireachtas. 21 July
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Amendment to section 3 of Principal Act - License Expiry
28.— Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection:
"(3) Pending the commencement of section 30 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, the following provisions shall have effect for the purpose of continuing in force on a phased basis, for a maximum period of 12 months after the date of expiry of each certificate, all firearm certificates in force at the date of commencement of this subsection and that would otherwise expire on 31 July 2009 ("relevant firearm certificates"):
(f) The Commissioner shall notify each holder of a relevant firearm certificate of the new date of expiry for that certificate determined under this section and shall invite each such holder to apply in due course under this section (as substituted by section 30 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006) for a new 3 year firearm certificate within a prescribed timeframe before the new date of expiry."