Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 161

    (1)     This section applies to an application for registration of a firearm.

    (2)     The registrar may give the applicant a written notice requiring the applicant to—

        (a)     give the registrar stated further information or documents that the registrar reasonably needs to decide the application; and

        (b)     produce the firearm to the registrar to allow the registrar to—

              (i)     identify the firearm by inspecting it; and

              (ii)     decide if the firearm is safe.

    (3)     If the applicant does not comply with subsection (2) (a), the registrar may refuse to consider the application further.

Note     If the applicant does not produce the firearm, the registrar must refuse to register the firearm (see s 163 (2)).