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Firearms Act 1996
175Automatic cancellation of user registration—certain
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175 Automatic cancellation of user registration—certain
registered users
(1) This section applies to a person who is a registered user of a firearm
if any of the following is the registered owner of the firearm:
(a) a licensed firearms dealer;
(b) a composite entity;
(c) an approved club.
(2) The person’s registration as a registered user is cancelled by force of
this section if the person stops being—
(a) if the registered owner is a licensed firearms dealer—an
employee of the dealer; or
(b) if the registered owner is a composite entity—a principal or
employee of the composite entity; or
(c) if the registered owner is an approved club, and the person is not
a principal or employee of the club—an active member of the
(3) The cancellation takes effect on the day the person stops being the
employee, principal or active member.
Offences—registration Division 11.5