Firearms Regulations 2017
Div 5Company Nominees
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Division 5—Company Nominees 30—Application for approval of nominees of licensed companies (1) For the purposes of section 16 of the Act, an application for approval of a person as a company's principal or secondary nominee— (b) must be accompanied by any documents required under these regulations or by the Registrar; and (c) must be accompanied by the prescribed application fee. (2) An application for approval of a person as a company's nominee must be accompanied by— (a) documentation provided by the company supporting the application; and (b) details of the firearms in the possession of the company over which the nominee is intended to exercise control and the place at which those firearms will be kept. (3) The Registrar may require an applicant to provide any information the Registrar requires to determine the application. (4) The Registrar may only refuse an application for approval of a person as a company's nominee if the Registrar is not satisfied— (a) that the applicant has made the application in accordance with the Act (and these regulations) and met the requirements of the Registrar in connection with the application; or (b) that the person holds a firearms licence that authorises possession of the firearms in the possession of the company for the purpose for which the company is authorised by its licence to have possession of the firearms; or (c) that the person is an officer or employee of the company who is an Australian citizen or permanent resident usually resident in South Australia; or (d) that the person is a fit and proper person to have control of the firearms in the possession of the company under the company's licence. 31—Revocation of approval (1) The Registrar may revoke the approval of a company's nominee— (a) on application of the company or the nominee; or (b) on the Registrar's own initiative by written notice to the company and the nominee, on any ground on which the Registrar might refuse to approve the person as a nominee of the company. (2) If the Registrar revokes the approval of a company's secondary nominee, written notice of the revocation must also be given to the company's principal nominee. 32—Records to be kept by company nominee A person approved as a company's nominee must keep a record of— (a) the firearms under the person's control as the company's nominee; and (b) the names of the persons who have possession of those firearms and the periods during which they have possession of them. 33—Registrar to be notified of change of address A company nominee must, within 14 days, give the Registrar written notice, in a form approved by the Registrar, of a change of the person's address.