Firearms Regulation 2017
75Ammunition permit
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75 Ammunition permit
75 Ammunition permit
(1) The Commissioner may, on application by a person, issue a permit (an ammunition permit) authorising the person to acquire or possess ammunition for a firearm of a kind specified in the permit.
(2) The Commissioner must not issue an ammunition permit unless the Commissioner is satisfied that—
(a) the applicant—
(i) is employed by a person (including a government agency) in whose name a firearm of the kind specified in the permit is registered, or
(ii) carries on business in partnership with a person in whose name such a firearm is registered, and
(b) it is part of the applicant’s duties in the course of that employment, or in carrying on that business, to acquire ammunition for use in such a firearm.
(3) This clause does not limit the circumstances in which the Commissioner may issue a permit authorising a person to acquire or possess ammunition.
(4) For the purposes of this clause, employ includes engage under a contract for services.