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Arms Act 1983

Firearms licences, endorsements, and permits to possess - Endorsements

33B: Revocation of endorsement in respect of prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine

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"Police can cancel a special licence endorsement if you're not allowed to have it"

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If a Police officer thinks you should not have a special endorsement on your firearms licence, they can cancel it. You will have to give your licence to the Police so they can cancel the endorsement. This can happen if you would not be allowed to have the endorsement if you applied for it now, or if you have not followed the conditions of the endorsement. If your endorsement is cancelled, you can no longer have a prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine, even if you do not give your licence to the Police. The Police officer will send you a written notice to tell you that your endorsement has been cancelled. These rules are in addition to other rules in the Arms Act 1983, such as those in sections 27 to 28.

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Part 5Firearms licences, endorsements, and permits to possess
Endorsements

33BRevocation of endorsement in respect of prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine

  1. If, in the opinion of a commissioned officer of Police, any person whose licence bears an endorsement made under section 30B—

  2. would not, on an application made under section 30A, be entitled to have that endorsement made on that person's firearms licence; or
    1. has failed to observe any condition of that endorsement,—
        1. that commissioned officer may, by notice in writing signed by that commissioned officer, revoke that endorsement, and that person shall upon demand surrender that person's firearms licence to a member of the Police for cancellation of the endorsement.

      1. On the revocation of an endorsement pursuant to this section, the holder of the firearms licence shall cease to be entitled to have possession of a prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine, whether or not the firearms licence is surrendered pursuant to subsection (1).

      2. The provisions of this section are in addition to the provisions of sections 27 to 28.

      Notes
      • Section 33B: inserted, on , by section 15 of the Arms Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 95).
      • Section 33B heading: replaced, on , by section 35(1) of the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 12).
      • Section 33B(2): amended, on , by section 35(2) of the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 12).