PROHIBITED BEHAVIOUR ORDERS REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 5

PROHIBITED BEHAVIOUR ORDERS REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 5

5 .         Firearm items and firearms authorisations given up (Act s. 30(1))

        (1)         In this regulation —

        prescribed period means —

            (a)         24 hours; or

            (b)         a shorter period, if any, ordered by the court under section 30(4).

        (2)         This regulation applies for the purposes of section 30(1).

        (3)         Within the prescribed period after he or she is given a PBO described in section 29, or an order varying a PBO so that it becomes a PBO described in section 29, the constrained person must —

            (a)         if the constrained person holds a firearms authorisation, give it to a police officer at a police station; and

            (b)         if the constrained person is in physical possession of a firearm item, give it to —

                  (i)         a police officer at a police station; or

                  (ii)         a co‑licensee of the firearm item, if there is one.

        [Regulation 5 amended: SL 2022/189 r. 6.]