Firearms Act 1997
30GDisclosure of information by Commissioner to approved
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30G Disclosure of information by Commissioner to approved paintball operator (1) The Commissioner may give an approved paintball operator information held by the Commissioner about a paintball employee, or prospective paintball employee, of the operator (the relevant person). (2) The information given may only be information about: (a) an authority, or corresponding authority, of the relevant person that has been suspended or revoked within 5 years before the information is given; or (b) an application for an authority, or corresponding authority, by the relevant person that has been refused within 5 years before the information is given; or (c) whether the operator is prohibited from employing the relevant person, and if so, the reason and period of the prohibition. (3) If a paintball employee licence is suspended or revoked, the Commissioner must inform the approved paintball operator specified in the employee's licence. authority means a licence, permit or certificate of registration. 31 Grant of permits (1) The Commissioner may grant a permit for one or more of the following purposes: (a) to authorise a person to purchase, hire, lease or acquire a firearm; (b) to authorise the possession or use of a firearm by a person residing temporarily in the Territory;
Firearms Act 1997 37 (c) to authorise the use by the holder of a firearms collector licence of a firearm possessed under the licence; (d) to authorise the possession or use of firearms for film, theatrical productions or other artistic purposes; (e) to authorise the acquisition, sale or transfer of a firearm in such circumstances as may be prescribed; (f) to authorise the shortening or conversion of a firearm; (fa) to authorise the temporary possession or use of a firearm by the holder of a licence for a specified reason not covered by the holder's licence; (fb) to authorise a person to use under supervision a category H firearm for sports shooting at an approved firearms club; (fc) to authorise an approved firearms club to permit a person or class of persons to use under supervision a category H firearm for sports shooting at the firearms club; (fd) to authorise an approved paintball operator, and the representative, to possess and use paintball firearms and pellets for carrying on the operator's business specified in the permit at the temporary paintball range specified in the permit; (fe) to authorise the holder, and employees of the holder, to possess, purchase and sell only ammunition of a category specified in the permit; (g) to authorise anything else for which provision is made by the Regulations and required by the Regulations to be authorised by a permit. (2) The Commissioner must not grant a permit for the purpose specified in subsection (1)(fb) unless the application is accompanied by: (a) an endorsement from an approved firearms club to the effect that: (i) the applicant is a member of the club; and (ii) the applicant has provided the club with: (A) details of the applicant's membership of any other firearms clubs and the firearms owned by the applicant; and