New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 16

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.

(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.