Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

FIREARMS ACT - SECT 34

General provisions relating to permits

34. General provisions relating to permits

(1) A permit is subject to:

(a) the conditions that are prescribed; and

(b) the conditions specified by the Commissioner.

(2) A permit remains in force for the period determined by the Commissioner and specified in the permit.

(3) The Commissioner may suspend or revoke a permit for any reason for which a licence may be suspended or revoked or that may be prescribed.

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

(5) If a permit is suspended or revoked, the person to whom it was granted must immediately surrender it, and any firearm in respect of which it was granted, to a member of the Police Force.

Penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.

(6) A member of the Police Force may seize a firearm in respect of which a permit was granted if the permit is suspended or revoked.

(7) Subject to this Act, a permit expires 3 months after the holder ceases to reside in the Territory.



[Index] [Table] [Search] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]