FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 25 Surrender and seizure of firearms when licence suspended or revoked
FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 25
Surrender and seizure of firearms when licence suspended or revoked25 Surrender and seizure of firearms when licence suspended or revoked
(cf APMC 4 (b), 1989 Act s 38)
(1) If a licence is suspended, revoked or otherwise ceases to be in force, the person to whom it was issued must immediately surrender to a police officer--(a) any firearm in the person's possession, and(b) the licence.: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
(2) A police officer is authorised to seize any firearm in the possession of a person if that person's licence is suspended, revoked or otherwise ceases to be in force. A police officer is also authorised to seize the licence itself.
(3) This section does not apply in relation to a licence that has expired if the authority conferred by the licence continues to have effect (as provided by the regulations) pending the determination of an application for a subsequent licence.