35Permits to purchase or acquire firearms

35 Permits to purchase or acquire firearms (1) The holder of a licence may apply to the Commissioner for a permit to purchase or acquire a firearm. (2) A separate permit to purchase or acquire a firearm is required for each firearm to be purchased or acquired. (3) The Commissioner: (a) is not to grant a permit to a person to purchase or acquire a firearm unless the person is the holder of a licence authorising the person to use or possess the firearm concerned; and (b) may refuse to grant a permit to purchase or acquire a firearm to a person who is the holder of a firearms club junior licence. (4) Subject to subsection (5), the Commissioner is not to grant to a person a permit to purchase or acquire a firearm until after the end of the period of 28 days after the day on which the application for the permit is made. (5) The Commissioner may grant a permit to a person to purchase or acquire a firearm before the expiration of the period mentioned in subsection (4) if the checks prescribed by regulation have been completed and: (a) the person: (i) holds a licence and owns a registered firearm; and (ii) has established a genuine need for owning the firearm to be purchased or acquired; or

Firearms Act 1997 43 (b) if the permit is for the purchase or acquisition of a category A firearm or category B firearm – the person: (i) holds a licence for the category of firearm to be purchased or acquired; and (ii) owns a registered firearm of the same category as the firearm to be purchased or acquired. (6) Unless revoked, a permit to purchase or acquire a firearm remains in force for the period specified in the permit or until the firearm to which the permit relates is purchased or acquired, whichever is the sooner.