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STATUTES AMENDMENT (SERIOUS FIREARM OFFENCES) ACT 2012 (NO 33 OF 2012) - SECT 29

29—Amendment of section 269O—Supervision

        (1)         Section 269O(1)(b)(ii)—delete "on conditions decided by the court and specified in the licence." and substitute:

on the following conditions:

                        (A)         the conditions imposed by subsection (1a);

                        (B)         any other conditions decided by the court and specified in the licence.

        (2)         Section 269O—after subsection (1) insert:

        (1a)         Subject to this Act, every licence under subsection (1)(b)(ii) is subject to the following conditions:

            (a)         a condition prohibiting the defendant from possessing a firearm or ammunition (both within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1977 ) or any part of a firearm;

            (b)         a condition requiring the defendant to submit to such tests (including testing without notice) for gunshot residue as may be reasonably required by a person or body specified by the court.

        (1b)         A court may only vary or revoke the conditions imposed by subsection (1a) if the defendant satisfies the court, by evidence given on oath, that—

            (a)         there are cogent reasons to do so; and

            (b)         the possession of a firearm, ammunition or part of a firearm by the defendant does not represent an undue risk to the safety of the public.



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