WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 16
Suspension of permit
WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 16
Suspension of permit
16 Suspension of permit
(1) The Commissioner may, if the Commissioner is satisfied there may be
grounds for revoking a permit , suspend the permit by serving on the permit
holder , personally or by post, a notice-- (a) stating that the permit is
suspended and the reasons for suspending it, and (b) requesting that the
permit holder provide the Commissioner with reasons why the permit should not
be revoked. (1A) If a permit is being suspended because the Commissioner is
satisfied that there may be grounds for revoking the permit under section 10
(3A), the notice suspending the permit is not required-- (a) to state the
reasons for the suspension, or (b) to include any request that the permit
holder provide the Commissioner with reasons why the permit should not be
revoked. (2) The Commissioner must suspend a permit in accordance with this
section if the Commissioner is aware that the permit holder has been charged
with a domestic violence offence within the meaning of the
Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 or the Commissioner has
reasonable cause to believe that the permit holder has committed or has
threatened to commit a domestic violence offence within the meaning of that
Act. (3) A suspended permit does not authorise the possession or use of any
prohibited weapon during the period specified in the notice suspending the
permit .
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