Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Firearms Act 1996 - SECT 40

Requirement to notify Chief Commissioner of change of nominated person

40. Requirement to notify Chief Commissioner of change of nominated person



(1) If the person nominated in an application under section 31 becomes a
prohibited person during the course of a licence, the holder of the licence
must nominate another person to be responsible for the storage and day to day
management of firearms possessed under that licence and must immediately
notify the Chief Commissioner of that nomination.

Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.

(2) At any time during the course of a licence, the holder of the licence may
nominate a person to replace the person nominated in the application under
section 31 and must immediately notify the Chief Commissioner of that
nomination.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3) A notice under this section must-

   (a)  be in writing; and

   (b)  be accompanied by-

   (i)  proof of the identity of the person, being, if the Chief Commissioner
        so requires, proof in the same manner and to the same extent as is
        required for an identification reference in the Financial Transactions
        Reports Act 1988 of the Commonwealth; and

   (ii) a full set of the person's fingerprints. Penalty: 20 penalty units.