sec.30Suspension or revocation notice

### sec.30 Suspension or revocation notice A suspension or revocation notice must— be in the approved form; and state the specific reasons for the suspension or revocation of the licence; and direct the licensee to surrender— the licence and any relevant permit to acquire to a stated police officer at a stated reasonable time and place; and the weapon held by the licensee under the licence in a way prescribed under subsection (4) or (5) at, or by, a stated reasonable time. If a reason an authorised officer suspends or revokes a licence is criminal intelligence or other information that is not publicly available, it is enough that the notice states the specific reason as ‘confidential information’. A suspension or revocation notice may have effect immediately only if it, or a copy of it, is given personally to the licensee or a person endorsed on the licence as representing the licensee. A person who is given a suspension or revocation notice must comply with the directions in the notice. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. A weapon to be surrendered under a suspension or revocation notice may be surrendered by delivering it to any police officer. A weapon may also be surrendered by— delivering it to a licensed dealer or other person authorised under this Act to possess the weapon; and obtaining from the person to whom the weapon is delivered a receipt in the approved form for the weapon; and giving the receipt, within the time stated in the notice for the surrender of the weapon, to the police officer mentioned in subsection (1) (c) (i) . An authorised officer may extend the time for compliance with a suspension or revocation notice (the compliance time ) if the person to whom the notice is given applies to the authorised officer for an extension before the end of the compliance time. s 30 ins 1996 No. 41 s 8 amd 2003 No. 37 s 23 ; 2013 No. 64 s 224 ; 2016 No. 62 s 478 (sec.30-ssec.1) A suspension or revocation notice must— be in the approved form; and state the specific reasons for the suspension or revocation of the licence; and direct the licensee to surrender— the licence and any relevant permit to acquire to a stated police officer at a stated reasonable time and place; and the weapon held by the licensee under the licence in a way prescribed under subsection (4) or (5) at, or by, a stated reasonable time. (sec.30-ssec.1A) If a reason an authorised officer suspends or revokes a licence is criminal intelligence or other information that is not publicly available, it is enough that the notice states the specific reason as ‘confidential information’. (sec.30-ssec.2) A suspension or revocation notice may have effect immediately only if it, or a copy of it, is given personally to the licensee or a person endorsed on the licence as representing the licensee. (sec.30-ssec.3) A person who is given a suspension or revocation notice must comply with the directions in the notice. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. (sec.30-ssec.4) A weapon to be surrendered under a suspension or revocation notice may be surrendered by delivering it to any police officer. (sec.30-ssec.5) A weapon may also be surrendered by— delivering it to a licensed dealer or other person authorised under this Act to possess the weapon; and obtaining from the person to whom the weapon is delivered a receipt in the approved form for the weapon; and giving the receipt, within the time stated in the notice for the surrender of the weapon, to the police officer mentioned in subsection (1) (c) (i) . (sec.30-ssec.6) An authorised officer may extend the time for compliance with a suspension or revocation notice (the compliance time ) if the person to whom the notice is given applies to the authorised officer for an extension before the end of the compliance time. - (a) be in the approved form; and - (b) state the specific reasons for the suspension or revocation of the licence; and - (c) direct the licensee to surrender— (i) the licence and any relevant permit to acquire to a stated police officer at a stated reasonable time and place; and (ii) the weapon held by the licensee under the licence in a way prescribed under subsection (4) or (5) at, or by, a stated reasonable time. - (i) the licence and any relevant permit to acquire to a stated police officer at a stated reasonable time and place; and - (ii) the weapon held by the licensee under the licence in a way prescribed under subsection (4) or (5) at, or by, a stated reasonable time. - (i) the licence and any relevant permit to acquire to a stated police officer at a stated reasonable time and place; and - (ii) the weapon held by the licensee under the licence in a way prescribed under subsection (4) or (5) at, or by, a stated reasonable time. - (a) delivering it to a licensed dealer or other person authorised under this Act to possess the weapon; and - (b) obtaining from the person to whom the weapon is delivered a receipt in the approved form for the weapon; and - (c) giving the receipt, within the time stated in the notice for the surrender of the weapon, to the police officer mentioned in subsection (1) (c) (i) .