South Australian Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1977 - SECT 10B

10B—Firearms prohibition order issued by Registrar

        (1)         The Registrar may issue a firearms prohibition order against a person if satisfied that—

            (a)         —

                  (i)         possession of a firearm by the person would be likely to result in undue danger to life or property; or

                  (ii)         the person is not a fit and proper person to possess a firearm; and

            (b)         it is in the public interest to prohibit the person from possessing and using a firearm.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act, a firearms prohibition order applies to a person as soon as it is issued against the person, but the order only comes into force against the person when it is served personally on the person.

        (3)         A firearms prohibition order will be taken to be served on a person against whom an interim firearms prohibition order is in force if it is served by registered post on the person at the address for service notified to the Registrar by the person under section 10A.

        (4)         A firearms prohibition order served on a person must be accompanied by a notice setting out the Registrar's reasons for issuing the order.

        (5)         If the decision to issue the order was made because of information that is classified by the Registrar as criminal intelligence, the only reason required to be given is that the decision was made on public interest grounds.

        (6)         The Registrar may, on his or her own initiative or on application, revoke a firearms prohibition order by notice in writing served personally or by post on the person against whom it is issued.