FIREARMS ACT 2015 - SECT 30

FIREARMS ACT 2015 - SECT 30

30—Cancellation of registration

        (1)         The Registrar may, by written notice served personally or by registered post on the person in whose name a firearm is registered, cancel the registration of the firearm if the Registrar is satisfied that, having regard to the firearm and the current circumstances, the person would not be entitled to obtain registration of the firearm.

        (2)         A notice served on a person under this section must set out the Registrar's reasons for the cancellation.

        (3)         If the Registrar cancels the registration of a firearm under subsection (1) and made the decision because of information that is classified by the Registrar as criminal intelligence, the Registrar is not required to give any reasons for the Registrar's decision other than that the decision was made on public interest grounds under this section.

        (4)         If the registration of a firearm is cancelled under subsection (1), the person in whose name the firearm was registered must surrender the firearm to the Registrar—

            (a)         if served personally with notice of cancellation of the registration—immediately; or

            (b)         if served with notice of the cancellation of the registration by registered post—within 7 days of service of the notice.

Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 10 years.

        (5)         If a person has ceased to be the owner of a firearm, registration of the firearm in that person's name is cancelled by registration of the firearm in the name of the subsequent owner.

        (6)         If the person in whose name a firearm is registered gives the Registrar written notice of the loss or theft of the firearm, registration of the firearm is cancelled on receipt of the notice by the Registrar.