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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 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—

S. 40(3)(b)(i) substituted by No. 44/2021 s. 11.

              (i)     proof of the identity of the person in the form approved by the Chief Commissioner; and

              (ii)     a full set of the person's fingerprints.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.



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