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Arms Bill

Licences and approvals - Firearms licences - Reviews of firearms licensing decisions

79: Application for review of firearms licensing decision

You could also call this:

"Asking to Reconsider a Firearms Licence Decision"

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You can ask for a review of a decision made by the chief executive about your firearms licence. You might want to do this if the chief executive decides not to give you a licence, puts a condition on your licence, or takes your licence away. You have 90 days to ask for a review after you get notice of the decision. You need to ask for the review in a special way and use a form that the chief executive says is okay. You must say what decision you want reviewed, why you think it should be reviewed, and what you want to happen instead. You also need to give any other details that you are told to provide. You might need to pay a fee when you ask for the review. You have to follow the rules for asking for a review and give the chief executive all the information they need. This is so the chief executive can look at your request and make a decision about your firearms licence.

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Part 3Licences and approvals
Firearms licences: Reviews of firearms licensing decisions

79Application for review of firearms licensing decision

  1. A person may apply for a review of a decision made by the chief executive to—

  2. decline to issue the person with a firearms licence:
    1. impose a condition on the person’s firearms licence:
      1. revoke the person’s firearms licence.

        1. An application for a review must be made within 90 days after the date on which the person receives notice of the decision.

        2. An application for review must be made to the chief executive in the prescribed manner and must—

        3. be in a form approved by the chief executive; and
          1. specify—
            1. the decision that the applicant wishes to be reviewed; and
              1. the reasons why the applicant thinks the decision should be reviewed; and
                1. the outcome the applicant is seeking; and
                  1. any other prescribed details; and
                  2. be accompanied by the prescribed application fee (if any).