Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(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.