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FIREARMS ACT 1977 - SECT 21H

21H—Requirement to expel certain persons from firearms clubs

        (1)         If the controlling body of a recognised firearms club has reasonable cause to believe that—

            (a)         the actions or behaviour of a member of the club has been such that there is a threat to the member's own safety or the safety of others associated with the member's possession or use of a firearm; or

            (b)         a firearms prohibition order applies to a member,

the controlling body must expel the person from membership of the club.

        (2)         Subsection (1)(b) does not apply—

            (a)         to an interim firearms prohibition order; or

            (b)         to a firearms prohibition order until the period allowed for an appeal against the order has expired or, if an appeal has been instituted, until the appeal lapses or is finally determined.

        (3)         A person incurs no civil or criminal liability as a result of action taken in good faith in compliance, or purported compliance, with this section.



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