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Firearms (Authorisation of Rifle or Pistol Shooting Ranges) Regulations 2011 signed

  • 02-12-2011 2:59pm
    #1
    Sparks
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    Received by email today:
    Gentlemen,

    I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that the Minister for
    Justice, Equality and Defence today signed a Statutory Instrument entitled
    Firearms (Authorisation of Rifle or Pistol Shooting Ranges) Regulations
    2011. Please note that the signed document will shortly be available from
    Government Publications Office and will also appear on
    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ in the near future.

    The purpose of this regulation is to give effect to measures introduced in
    the Criminal Justice Act 2006 for the authorisation of rifle and pistol
    shooting ranges.

    The regulations draw a distinction between the certification of a shooting
    range and the authorisation of a shooting range. The former is supplied by
    the Firearms Range Inspector in the Department of Justice and Equality and
    is essentially related to the safe design, construction and maintenance of
    the range; whilst the latter is supplied by the Commissioner of An Garda
    Síochána.

    A range owner or operator must have a firearms range certificate before
    applying for a range authorisation. However, acquisition of the firearms
    range certificate does not guarantee the acquisition of a range
    authorisation.

    There is no charge levied for the firearms range certificate. The
    application for a range authorisation must be accompanied by a fee
    (currently €1,000).

    If I can provide any further information, please contact me.

    Regards

    John Guinane
    Firearms Range Inspector
    Department of Justice and Equality
    92-94 St Stephen's Green
    Dublin 2
    Ireland

    The SI isn't up on the website yet, but we'll link to it here when it is.


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