49KCancellation or suspension of licences, permits and

49K Cancellation or suspension of licences, permits and certificates (1) Any licence, permit or certificate of registration under this Act held by a person to whom a firearm prohibition order relates is cancelled by the making of the order and the cancellation takes effect on the order being served on the person. (2) If a licence, permit or certificate of registration under this Act is held by a body corporate, the representative of the holder of the licence, permit or certificate of which is a person to whom a firearm prohibition order relates, the licence, permit or certificate is suspended by the making of the order and the suspension takes effect on the order being served on the person. (3) However, the body corporate may, within 14 days of the date the suspension takes effect, notify the Commissioner, in writing, of another representative of the body corporate to hold the licence, permit or certificate. (4) If the Commissioner considers the representative mentioned in subsection (3) to be a fit and proper person to have a firearm in the person's possession or control, the Commissioner may lift the suspension of the licence, permit or certificate held by the body corporate.

Firearms Act 1997 62 (5) The licence, permit or certificate held by a body corporate is cancelled if: (a) the body corporate does not notify the Commissioner of another representative within 14 days under subsection (3); or (b) the Commissioner does not consider the representative mentioned in subsection (3) to be a fit and proper person to have a firearm in the person's possession or control. (6) Subsections (3) to (5) do not apply to a body corporate that is a firearms dealer. (7) A suspension on a licence, permit or certificate of a representative of a firearms dealer under subsection (2) is taken to be a cancellation of the licence, permit or certificate. (8) A person to whom a firearm prohibition order relates must surrender any firearm or firearm related item the person possesses or is using to the Commissioner as soon as practicable after being served with the order. Notes for Division 3 1 The Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 sets out the procedure for applying to NTCAT for review and other relevant matters in relation to reviews. 2 The application of section 22 of the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 in relation to reviews of decisions under this Division is modified by section 51 of this Act.