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Firearms Act 1996
95Minors firearms licences—period in force
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95 Minors firearms licences—period in force
(1) A minors firearms licence begins on the day it is issued and remains
in force, subject to this Act, until the day before the licensee’s 18th
birthday.
(2) The registrar may extend the period that a minors firearms licence is
in force for not longer than 60 days after the day it would otherwise
end under subsection (1) if—
(a) before the licence ends, the licensee applies for a licence other
than a minors firearms licence; and
(b) the registrar has not decided whether to issue or refuse to issue
the licence applied for; and
(c) the registrar is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the extension
is necessary to allow the licensee—
(i) for a minors firearms licence issued for the genuine reason
of firearms training—to continue to receive instruction, or
take part in an approved firearms event, that the person
began before the person’s 18th birthday; or
(ii) for a minors firearms licence issued for the genuine reason
of target pistol training—to continue to receive instruction,
or take part in an approved firearms event, that the person
began before the person’s 18th birthday.