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Firearms Act 1996
174Automatic cancellation of user registration
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174 Automatic cancellation of user registration
(1) This section applies if the registrar cancels the registration of a
firearm under section 166.
(2) The registration of each registered user of the firearm is cancelled by
force of this section on the day the firearm’s registration is cancelled.
(3) The registrar must give each person (other than an excepted person)
whose registration as a user of the firearm is cancelled by force of this
section a written notice stating—
(a) that the person’s registration as a user of the firearm is cancelled
because the firearm’s registration is cancelled; and
(b) the date the firearm’s registration is cancelled.
(4) For a firearm for which a composite entity is the registered owner, the
registered principal for the firearm must give each excepted person a
written notice stating—
(a) that the person’s registration as a user of the firearm is cancelled
because the firearm’s registration is cancelled; and
(b) the date the firearm’s registration is cancelled.
excepted person, in relation to a firearm for which a composite entity
is the registered owner, means a person whose registration as a user
of the firearm is cancelled by force of this section.