WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 18 Revocation of permit

WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 18

18 Revocation of permit

(1) A permit is automatically revoked if the permit holder becomes subject to a weapons prohibition order or an apprehended violence order.

(2) A permit may be revoked--

(a) for any reason for which the permit holder would be refused a permit, or

(b) if the permit holder--

(i) supplied information in, or in connection with, the application for the permit which was (to the permit holder's knowledge) false or misleading in a material particular, or

(ii) contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations, whether or not the permit holder has been convicted of an offence in respect of the contravention, or

(iii) contravenes any condition of the permit, or

(c) if the Commissioner is of the opinion that the permit holder is no longer a fit and proper person to hold a permit, or

(d) for any reason the Commissioner considers sufficient in the circumstances, or

(e) for any other reason prescribed by the regulations.

(2A) If the Commissioner revokes a permit because the permit holder would be refused a permit on the grounds referred to in section 10 (3A), the Commissioner is not, under this or any other Act or law, required to give any reasons for revoking the permit on those grounds.

(3) The Commissioner may revoke a permit by serving personally or by post on the permit holder a notice stating that the permit is revoked and the reason for revoking it.

(4) The revocation of a permit by such a notice takes effect when the notice is served or on a later date specified in the notice.

(5) The Commissioner may, by serving a further notice on the holder of a permit, cancel a notice revoking the permit before the notice takes effect.