Firearms Act (S.C. 1995, c. 39)

Marginal note:Licences

• 56. (1) A chief firearms officer is responsible for issuing licences.

• Marginal note:Only one licence per individual

  (2) Only one licence may be issued to any one individual.

• Marginal note:Separate licence for each location

  (3) A business other than a carrier requires a separate licence for each place where the business is carried on.

Marginal note:Authorizations to carry or transport

57. A chief firearms officer is responsible for issuing authorizations to carry and authorizations to transport.

Marginal note:Conditions

• 58. (1) A chief firearms officer who issues a licence, an authorization to carry or an authorization to transport may attach any reasonable condition to it that the chief firearms officer considers desirable in the particular circumstances and in the interests of the safety of the holder or any other person.

• Marginal note:Minors

  (2) Before attaching a condition to a licence that is to be issued to an individual who is less than eighteen years old and who is not eligible to hold a licence under subsection 8(2) (minors hunting as a way of life), a chief firearms officer must consult with a parent or person who has custody of the individual.

• Marginal note:Minors

  (3) Before issuing a licence to an individual who is less than eighteen years old and who is not eligible to hold a licence under subsection 8(2) (minors hunting as a way of life), a chief firearms officer shall have a parent or person who has custody of the individual sign the licence, including any conditions attached to it.

Marginal note:Different registered owner

59. An individual who holds an authorization to carry or authorization to transport need not be the person to whom the registration certificate for the particular prohibited firearm or restricted firearm was issued.

Marginal note:Registration certificates and authorizations to export or import

60. The Registrar is responsible for issuing registration certificates for prohibited firearms and restricted firearms and assigning firearms identification numbers to them and for issuing authorizations to export and authorizations to import.

Marginal note:Form

• 61. (1) A licence or registration certificate must be issued in the prescribed form — which form may be in writing or electronic — or in the prescribed manner, and include the prescribed information, including any conditions attached to it.

• Marginal note:Form of authorizations

  (2) An authorization to carry, authorization to transport, authorization to export or authorization to import may be issued in the prescribed form — which form may be in writing or electronic — or in the prescribed manner, and include the prescribed information, including any conditions attached to it.

• Marginal note:Condition attached to licence

  (3) An authorization to carry or authorization to transport may take the form of a condition attached to a licence.

• Marginal note:Businesses

  (4) A licence that is issued to a business must specify each particular activity that the licence authorizes in relation to prohibited firearms, restricted firearms, firearms that are neither prohibited firearms nor restricted firearms, cross-bows, prohibited weapons, restricted weapons, prohibited devices, ammunition or prohibited ammunition.