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WILDLIFE ACT 1975 - SECT 60A

Power to require production of firearms licence

    (1)     An authorised officer who—

S. 60A(1)(a) amended by No. 9/2003 s. 16.

        (a)     has reasonable grounds for suspecting that—

              (i)     a person is in possession of a firearm; and

              (ii)     that the person intends to use the firearm for the purposes of hunting wildlife; and

        (b)     produces evidence of his or her identity to the person—

may demand that the person produce his or her licence under the Firearms Act 1996 to possess, carry or use the firearm.

    (2)     A person to whom a demand is directed under subsection (1) must comply with that demand.

Penalty:     30 penalty units.

S. 60B inserted by No. 87/1997
s. 24.



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