Firearms Regulation 2017
58Heirloom permit
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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).