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SERIOUS OFFENDERS ACT 2018 (NO. 27 OF 2018) - SECT 39

Cancellation of firearms authority etc.

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), in a supervision order, the court     may—

        (a)     cancel an offender's firearms authority; or

        (b)     revoke—

              (i)     a weapons approval held by an offender; or

              (ii)     the application of a weapons exemption to an offender.

Notes

1     An offender who is subject to a supervision order is a prohibited person within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Firearms Act 1996 .

2     Section 151(1) of the Firearms Act 1996 provides that a court may order the forfeiture to the Crown of any firearm, cartridge ammunition, silencer or prescribed item in the possession of or used or carried by a prohibited person within the meaning of  section 3(1) of that Act.

    (2)     If a supervision order expires or is revoked or cancelled—

        (a)     any cancellation of a firearm's authority on the order ceases to have effect;

        (b)     any revocation of a weapons approval or application of a weapons exemption on the order ceases to have effect.

    (3)     If the court makes an order under subsection (1)—

        (a)     no appeal lies against the decision under the  Firearms Act 1996 or the Control of Weapons Act 1990 ; and

        (b)     the offender may not apply for a declaration under section 189 of the Firearms Act 1996 .

Division 4—Restrictive conditions and temporary conditions



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