Seanad debates

Monday, 3 July 2006

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage.

 

5:00 pm

Derek McDowell (Labour)

Nonetheless, I am reasonably content with section 28(4) as it stands.

The guns which will be used by 14 or 15 year olds for the two purposes specified in the Bill must be owned by those who are training the young people in question and must be licensed to the relevant adults. Section 28(8) states that it is "an offence under this Act for the holder of a firearm certificate in respect of the firearm to which the firearms training certificate relates to permit, without reasonable excuse, the holder of that certificate to carry or use the firearm while not under his or her supervision". If a young person is found to be using a firearm while not in the company of the licensed and specified adult who owns the firearm, the adult in question will be committing an offence.

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