South Australian Current Acts

INTERVENTION ORDERS (PREVENTION OF ABUSE) ACT 2009 - SECT 14

14—Terms of intervention order—firearms

        (1)         Subject to this section, an intervention order must include the following terms (the "firearms terms"):

            (a)         any firearm, ammunition or part of a firearm in the possession of the defendant and any licence or permit held by the defendant authorising possession of a firearm must be surrendered to the Registrar of Firearms;

            (b)         while an intervention order remains in force against the defendant—

                  (i)         any licence or permit held by the defendant authorising possession of a firearm is suspended; and

                  (ii)         the defendant is disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence or permit authorising possession of a firearm; and

                  (iii)         the defendant is prohibited from possessing a firearm, ammunition or part of a firearm in the course of his or her employment.

        (2)         The Court need not include the firearms terms in a final intervention order if satisfied that the defendant has never been guilty of violent or intimidatory conduct and needs to have a firearm for purposes related to earning a livelihood.