Arms Act 1983

Firearms prohibition orders

39D: Varying or modifying standard conditions of FPO

You could also call this:

"Changing the Rules of a Firearms Prohibition Order"

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When a court makes a Firearms Prohibition Order (FPO) against you, it can change or modify the standard conditions. The court thinks about the type of offence you committed, how serious it was, and the circumstances. It also considers how the standard conditions would affect your personal life, like your job. The court can think about other important matters too. If the court wants to change a specific standard condition, it must be sure you cannot get access to firearms or related items. The court can consider a plan between the person storing the firearms and the Police to add conditions to their firearms licence. The person storing the firearms is called the responsible person, and they are in charge of keeping the firearms safe.

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Part 7AFirearms prohibition orders

39DVarying or modifying standard conditions of FPO

  1. When making an FPO against an offender, the court may vary or modify the standard conditions of the FPO set out in section 39C having regard to—

  2. the nature and seriousness of the offence in respect of which the offender has been convicted; and
    1. the circumstances of the offending; and
      1. the offender’s personal circumstances (for example, the effect the standard conditions would have on the offender’s employment opportunities); and
        1. any other matters that the court considers relevant.
          1. The court may not vary or modify the standard condition in section 39C(1)(b) unless it is satisfied that there are sufficient safeguards in place to ensure that the offender is not reasonably likely to obtain access to the firearms or related items stored on the premises.

          2. For the purposes of subsection (2), the court may take into account any proposal agreed between the responsible person and a member of the Police for the Commissioner to prescribe conditions on the responsible person’s firearms licence.

          3. In subsection (3), responsible person means the firearms licence holder responsible for the secure storage of the firearms and related items in the premises referred to in section 39C(1)(b).

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