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56Adult firearms licences—requirement for further
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56 Adult firearms licences—requirement for further
(1) This section applies to an application for an adult firearms licence.
grounds that the applicant’s mental health may affect the applicant’s
ability to handle firearms responsibly, the registrar may ask the
applicant to consent to the disclosure to the registrar of personal
health information about the applicant from a health record relating
to the applicant.
consent must be in writing and name the health service provider who
made the health record.