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FIREARMS ACT 1977 - SECT 7

7—Establishment

        (1)         The Firearms Review Committee is established.

        (2)         The committee consists of six members, appointed by the Governor, of whom—

            (a)         one must be a legal practitioner of at least seven years standing; and

            (b)         one must be a person nominated by the Commissioner of Police; and

            (c)         one must be a person who has, in the opinion of the Governor, wide experience in the use and control of firearms; and

            (d)         one must be a medical practitioner; and

            (e)         one must be a person who carries on the business of primary production and uses a firearm or firearms for the purposes of that business; and

            (f)         one must be a person who has experience in the administration of, or in participating in, a competitive discipline using firearms being a discipline in which shooters compete at the Olympic Games or the Commonwealth Games.

        (2a)         The committee must include at least two men and two women.

        (3)         The Governor may appoint a member of the committee to preside at meetings of the committee.

        (4)         The Governor may appoint a suitable person to be a deputy of any member of the committee, and such a person while acting in the absence of the member has all the powers, authorities, duties and obligations of that member.



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