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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 79 Cancellation of registration

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 79

Cancellation of registration

(1)  The Commissioner may cancel the registration of a firearm if the registrant –
(a) is no longer the holder of a licence in respect of that firearm; or
(b) made a false or misleading statement in connection with the application for registration; or
(c) is convicted of an offence under this Act or a prescribed offence; or
(d) requests the cancellation.
(2)  The Commissioner is to cancel the registration of a firearm by notice in writing served on the registrant.
(3)  Cancellation of the registration of a firearm takes effect on the date on which the notice is served under subsection (2) .
(4)  If the registration of a firearm is cancelled, the person in whose name it was registered must immediately surrender it to a police officer.
(5)  A police officer may seize any firearm to which a cancelled registration relates.