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Arms Bill

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

80: Chief executive to refer application to Firearms Licensing Review Committee

You could also call this:

"Chief Executive Sends Your Gun Licence Appeal to a Review Committee"

If you apply to have a firearms licensing decision reviewed, the chief executive gets your application. They must then send it to the Firearms Licensing Review Committee as soon as they can. They also decide which part of the committee will look at your application.

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Crime and justice > Police and safety

79: Application for review of firearms licensing decision, or

"Asking to Reconsider a Firearms Licence Decision"

81: Outcome of review, or

"What happens after a review of a firearms licence decision"

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

80Chief executive to refer application to Firearms Licensing Review Committee

As soon as practicable after receiving an application for a review, the chief executive must—
refer the application to the Review Committee; and
determine which panel of the Review Committee is to conduct the review.