New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 30

30 General provisions relating to permits

(cf APMC 4 (a), (b), 1989 Act ss 35, 35A, 36, 38)

(1) An application for a permit must be made in the prescribed manner and be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(2) A permit is to be in a form approved by the Commissioner and contain such detail as may be prescribed by the regulations.

(3) The regulations may prescribe or provide for the Commissioner to impose or determine:

(a) conditions to which a permit is to be subject, and

(b) the period for which a permit is to be in force.

(4) A permit may be suspended or revoked by the Commissioner:

(a) for any reason for which a licence may be suspended or revoked under this Act, or

(b) for such other reasons as may be prescribed by the regulations.

(5) The suspension or revocation of a permit takes effect when notice is served on the holder of the permit.

(6) If a permit is suspended or revoked, the person to whom it was issued must immediately surrender to a police officer:

(a) any firearm in respect of which the permit has been issued, and

(b) the permit.

Maximum penalty (subsection (6)): 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(7) A police officer is authorised to seize any firearm in respect of which a permit has been issued if the permit is suspended or revoked.