S.I. No. 48/2002 - Firearm Certificates For Non-Residents Order 2002

1. This Order may be cited as the Firearm Certificates for Non-Residents Order 2002.

2. The period specified in

section 2

(2)(a)(i) of the

Firearms (Firearm Certificates for Non-Residents) Act 2000

(No. 20 of 2000) is reduced so as to end on 28 February 2002.

GIVEN under my Official Seal

21st February 2002

JOHN O'DONOGHUE

______________________

JOHN O' DONOGHUE

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order provides for the transfer to the Garda Síochána from the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform with effect from the 1 March, 2002 of the power to grant firearm certificates to non-residents under the provisions of the

Firearms (Firearm Certificates for Non-Residents) Act 2000

.

I, John O'Donoghue, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 2

(3) of the

Firearms (Firearm Certificates for Non-Residents) Act 2000

(No. 20 of 2000) and having consulted with the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána, hereby order as follows