New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 10

10 Issuing of permit

(1) The Commissioner may, after considering an application for a permit:

(a) issue a permit to the applicant, or

(b) refuse to issue a permit to the applicant.

(2) A permit must not be issued unless:

(a) the Commissioner is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person and can be trusted to have possession of prohibited weapons without danger to public safety or to the peace, and

(b) the applicant (including such authorised employees as are nominated by the applicant) has completed, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, such training and safety courses as may be approved in relation to the kind of permit sought, and

(c) the Commissioner is satisfied that such storage and safety requirements as may be approved (either generally or in a particular case) are capable of being met by the applicant.

(3) A permit must not be issued to a person who:

(a) has, within the period of 10 years before the application for the permit was made, been convicted in New South Wales or elsewhere of an offence prescribed by the regulations, whether or not the offence is an offence under New South Wales law, or

(b) is subject to an apprehended violence order or who has, at any time within 10 years before the application for the permit was made, been subject to such an order (other than an order that has been revoked), or

(c) is subject to a recognisance, granted in New South Wales or elsewhere, to keep the peace, or

(d) is subject to a weapons prohibition order.

(4) The Commissioner may refuse to issue a permit if the Commissioner considers that the issue of the permit would be contrary to the public interest.

(5) The regulations may provide other mandatory or discretionary grounds for refusing the issue of a permit.

(6) Subsection (3) extends to offences that have been committed, or to apprehended violence orders that have been made, or to recognisances that have been granted, before the commencement of this section.