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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 207

Powers on entry—condition

    (1)     This section applies if a police officer enters registered premises for a firearm under a condition of a licence or permit.

    (2)     The police officer may—

        (a)     inspect any facility for storing firearms at the premises; and

        (b)     test, or remove for testing, any firearm that the officer believes on reasonable grounds is not safe or has been modified otherwise than in accordance with this Act or another law in force in the ACT; and

        (c)     if the officer believes on reasonable grounds that a firearm at the premises is not safe—direct, in writing, the licensee or permit-holder not to use or dispose of the firearm, unless it has been made safe for use and has been inspected, tested and approved by the registrar; and

        (d)     seize a thing if satisfied on reasonable grounds that the thing is connected with an indictable offence.



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