Firearms Act

Marginal note:Renewal — chief firearms officer

• 67 (1) A chief firearms officer may renew a licence, an authorization to carry referred to in paragraph 20(b) or an authorization to transport in the prescribed manner.

• Marginal note:Renewal — Commissioner

  (1.1) The Commissioner may renew an authorization to carry referred to in paragraph 20(a) in the prescribed manner.

• Marginal note:Restricted firearms and pre-December 1, 1998 handguns

  (2) On renewing a licence authorizing an individual to possess a restricted firearm or a handgun referred to in subsection 12(6.1) (pre-December 1, 1998 handguns), a chief firearms officer shall decide whether any such firearm or handgun is used by them

  • (a) to protect their life or the life of other individuals;

  • (b) in connection with their lawful profession or occupation;

  • (c) in target practice, in a target shooting competition, under conditions specified in an authorization to transport or under the auspices of a shooting club or shooting range that is approved under section 29; or

  • (d) to form part of their gun collection.

• Marginal note:Registrar

  (3) A chief firearms officer who decides that any restricted firearms or any handguns referred to in subsection 12(6.1) (pre-December 1, 1998 handguns) that are possessed by an individual are not being used for that purpose shall

  • (a) give notice of that decision in the prescribed form to the individual; and

  • (b) inform the Registrar of that decision.

• Marginal note:Relics

  (4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a firearm

  • (a) that is a relic, is of value as a curiosity or rarity or is valued as a memento, remembrance or souvenir;

  • (b) that was specified in the licence application as being a firearm for which a registration certificate under the former Act was issued because the firearm was a relic, was of value as a curiosity or rarity or was valued as a memento, remembrance or souvenir;

  • (c) for which a registration certificate under the former Act was issued because the firearm was a relic, was of value as a curiosity or rarity or was valued as a memento, remembrance or souvenir; and

  • (d) in respect of which an individual, on the commencement day, held a registration certificate under the former Act.

• Marginal note:Material to accompany notice

  (5) A notice given under paragraph (3)(a) must include the reasons for the decision and be accompanied by a copy of sections 74 to 81.