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Firearms Act 1996
168User registration—application
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168 User registration—application
(1) This section applies to the holder of 1 or more of the following
licences:
(a) a category A licence;
(b) a category B licence;
(c) a category C licence;
(d) a category H licence;
(e) a firearms dealer licence;
(f) a paintball marker licence.
(2) The holder may apply to the registrar for registration as a user of a
registered firearm—
(a) of which someone else is the registered owner; and
(b) of the kind the holder is authorised to use by the holder’s licence.
(3) The application must—
(a) be accompanied by a certified copy of the applicant’s licence;
and
(b) contain the registered owner’s written consent to the registration
of the applicant as a user of the firearm.
Anthony holds a category A licence. Jess is the registered owner of a category A
firearm and agrees to let Anthony use her firearm. Anthony may apply to the
registrar to be a registered user of Jess’s firearm.