Firearms Act 1997
102Disclosure of information by Commissioner in certain
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102 Disclosure of information by Commissioner in certain circumstances (1) The Commissioner may disclose to a firearms club or an historical firearms collector's society any information the Commissioner holds about an applicant for membership of the club or society that relates to the following: (a) the firearms held by the applicant; (b) other firearms clubs or historical firearms collector's societies of which the applicant is a member; (c) any other firearms clubs or historical firearms collector's societies of which the applicant has been refused membership, or from which the applicant has been expelled, in the preceding 5 years; (d) any licence or permit, or registration of a firearm, pertaining to the applicant that has been suspended or revoked in the preceding 5 years; (e) any application by the applicant for a licence, permit or registration of a firearm that has been refused by the Commissioner in the preceding 5 years. (2) If the Commissioner suspends or revokes a licence, permit or registration of a firearm in relation to a person, the Commissioner must inform any firearms club or historical firearms collector's society of which the person is a member of the suspension or revocation. (2A) If the Commissioner or a court suspends or revokes a firearms employee licence in relation to a person, the Commissioner must inform the holder of the firearms dealer licence, firearms corporate
Firearms Act 1997 113 licence or firearms museum licence to which the employee licence relates of the suspension or revocation. (2B) If the Commissioner or a court suspends or revokes a firearms instructor licence or a permit in relation to a person and the Commissioner is aware of an employer or other person whose operations may be affected by the suspension or revocation, the Commissioner must inform the employer or other person of the suspension or revocation. (3) No civil or criminal liability arises from the provision of information under this section.