Firearms Regulations 2016
21Prescribed methods of dealing with surrendered firearms
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21 Prescribed methods of dealing with surrendered firearms
(1) For the purposes of section 109(3) of the Act, a licensed firearms dealer must, within 7 days of receiving one of the following firearms that has been surrendered by a person, surrender that firearm to a police officer:
(a) a prohibited firearm;
(b) a firearm that the licensed firearms dealer knows, or reasonably ought to know, has been unlawfully modified;
(c) a firearm of a category that the licensed firearms dealer is not authorised under his or her licence to deal in;
(d) any other firearm that has been permanently surrendered by the person;
(e) any other firearm that has been surrendered by the person, if –
(i) the person has not clearly stated to the licensed firearms dealer that the person intends to reclaim the firearm from the dealer once the person is authorised under the Act to be in possession of the firearm; or
(ii) the licensed firearms dealer has not agreed to buy the firearm from, or to sell the firearm on behalf of, the person.
(2) For the purposes of section 109(3) of the Act, a licensed firearms dealer must deal with a firearm that has been surrendered by a person, by taking the following actions, if the person intends to reclaim the firearm once the person is authorised under the Act to be in possession of it:
(a) if the firearm is not registered, the licensed firearms dealer must register the firearm within 7 days of receiving it;
(b) if the firearm has not been reclaimed by the person within the period of 6 months from the date of its surrender to the licensed firearms dealer, the dealer must surrender the firearm to a police officer within 7 days after the expiry of that period;
(c) if, within the period of 6 months from the date of surrender of the firearm to the licensed firearms dealer, the person who surrendered the firearm informs the dealer of his or her decision to permanently surrender the firearm, the dealer must surrender the firearm to a police officer within 7 days of being informed of that decision.