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Arms Act 1983

Firearms prohibition orders

39C: Standard conditions of FPO

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"Rules to follow if you have a Firearms Prohibition Order"

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If you have a Firearms Prohibition Order, you must follow some rules. You cannot be with someone who has firearms or related items that are not stored safely. You cannot live in a place where firearms or related items are kept. You are not allowed to join a shooting club or visit their premises. You cannot go to a shooting range or attend events where firearms are used. You must not visit places where firearms are made, sold, or repaired. If you live in a place for at least 2 days in a 12-month period, it is considered your residence.

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Part 7AFirearms prohibition orders

39CStandard conditions of FPO

  1. The standard conditions of an FPO are that the offender against whom the order is made must not—

  2. associate with or, in any place (including a vehicle), otherwise be in the presence of a person who has with them any firearms or related items that are not in secure storage:
    1. reside at any premises in which any firearms or related items are stored:
      1. join, or remain a member of, any shooting club (including an airsoft shooting club) or firearms club of any kind, visit the premises of such clubs, or attend the events of such clubs:
        1. attend any shooting range or shooting gallery:
          1. attend an activity of any kind that involves the use of any firearms or related items:
            1. visit any premises or place at which firearms or related items are manufactured, sold, repaired, hired, lent, or otherwise supplied.

              1. For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), a person resides at any particular premises if they reside at the premises for at least 2 days (whether consecutive or not) in any period of 12 months.

              Notes
              • Section 39C: inserted, on , by section 8 of the Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Act 2022 (2022 No 41).