The following section is substituted for section 9 of the Firearms Act of 1964:
"9. Renewal of firearm certificate.
(1) The Commissioner may from time to time renew a firearm certificate granted by him or her.
(2) The superintendent of the district where the holder of such a certificate resides may from time to time renew such a certificate.
(3) The superintendent of a district where the holder of a firearm certificate resides may from time to time renew a firearm certificate which has been granted by a superintendent.
(4) An inspector or sergeant of the Garda Síochána in the district where the holder of a firearm certificate issued by a superintendent resides may from time to time renew the certificate.
(5) A superintendent, or other member of the Garda Síochána, who is authorised under this section to renew a firearm certificate ("an authorised member") may refuse to renew it, or vary any conditions to which it is subject under section 4(2)(g) of the Principal Act, only if prior
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