58Heirloom permit

#### 58 Heirloom permit 58 Heirloom permit > > (1) The Commissioner may, on application by a person who has acquired a firearm as an heirloom, issue a permit (an heirloom permit) authorising the person to possess the firearm. > > > (2) The Commissioner must not issue an heirloom permit unless the Commissioner is satisfied that the firearm concerned— > > > > > (a) was inherited by the applicant within the period of 6 months before the application for the permit was made or such other period as may be approved in any particular case, and > > > > > (b) has been rendered permanently inoperable. > > > (3) An heirloom permit authorises the holder of the permit to possess, but not use, a firearm to which it relates. > > > (4) An heirloom permit does not authorise the possession of any ammunition. > > > (5) A person cannot hold more than one heirloom permit at any one time and an heirloom permit cannot authorise possession of more than 3 firearms (with a matched pair of firearms considered to be single firearm for this purpose).