Firearms Regulations 2017
Div 6General provisions relating to licences
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Division 6—General provisions relating to licences 34—Registrar to be notified of change of address etc A licensee must, within 14 days, give the Registrar written notice, in a form approved by the Registrar, of a change of the licensee's name or address or any other detail recorded on the licence. 35—Duty to carry licence (1) A licensee must carry the licensee's firearms licence, or a legible copy of the licensee's firearms licence (which may be in electronic form), when the licensee has physical possession or control of a firearm under the licence or is supervising the use of a firearm by another person in circumstances authorised under the Act. (2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a licensed dealer who has possession of a firearm in the ordinary course of the person's business under the licence. 36—Return of licence to Registrar (1) A person whose licence has been suspended or cancelled must immediately return the licence to the Registrar. (2) A licensee must return the licence to the Registrar in accordance with any directions given by the Registrar in order to vary the licence. 37—Replacement of licence If a person applies for replacement of a licence, and the Registrar is satisfied, on the information provided by the applicant or on such other evidence as the Registrar requires, that the licence has been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Registrar may, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue a replacement for the licence. 38—Licences granted to natural persons to include photographs (1) A firearms licence granted to a natural person must include a photograph of the licensee. (2) The Registrar may require an applicant for a licence or the holder of a licence that is to be varied or replaced— (a) to attend at a specified place for the purpose of having the applicant's photograph taken; or (b) to supply the Registrar with 1 or more photographs of the applicant or holder of the licence specified by the Registrar. (3) If— (a) an application is made for a licence or the variation or replacement of a licence; and (i) the applicant fails to comply with a requirement under subregulation (2); or (ii) a photograph taken or supplied under subregulation (2) is not suitable, in the Registrar's opinion, for inclusion in a licence, the Registrar may suspend consideration of the application until the applicant complies with the requirement or a suitable photograph is taken or supplied. (4) If the Registrar varies a licence on the Registrar's own initiative and the licensee refuses or fails to comply with a requirement under subregulation (2)(a), the Registrar may suspend or cancel the licence. (5) The Registrar may issue an interim licence that does not include a photograph of the licensee if the Registrar determines that it is appropriate to do so. (6) An interim licence comes into force on the day specified on the licence and remains in force for 90 days or until a licence that includes a photograph is issued to the applicant, whichever first occurs.