PROHIBITED WEAPONS ACT 1996 - SECT 4H Unregulated weapons—review of decision to seize

PROHIBITED WEAPONS ACT 1996 - SECT 4H

    (1)     The registrar must review each seizure under section 4D (Unregulated weapons—seizure by police) and order the return of the thing to the person from whom it was seized if—

        (a)     when seized, the thing was not—

              (i)     an unregulated weapon; or

              (ii)     a prohibited weapon; or

        (b)     within 30 days after the day of seizure, the thing is not a prohibited weapon; or

        (c)     the registrar has no reasonable grounds to believe that the thing is connected with an offence against any of the following:

              (i)     this Act;

              (ii)     the Firearms Act 1996

;

              (iii)     the Crimes Act 1900

;

              (iv)     the Criminal Code

;

              (v)     another law prescribed by regulation.

    (2)     If a thing is ordered to be returned under subsection (1) to the person from whom it was seized, but it cannot be returned, the Territory must pay reasonable compensation to the owner of the thing for its loss.

    (3)     In this section:

"offence" includes an offence that there are reasonable grounds for believing has been, is being or will be, committed.