sec.7How a firearm is made permanently inoperable

### sec.7 How a firearm is made permanently inoperable A firearm is made permanently inoperable if the firearm is modified in the way prescribed under a regulation to make it incapable of being discharged. However, a firearm is not taken to be permanently inoperable unless a licensed armourer or a person approved by the commissioner for this subsection certifies, in the approved form, the firearm as being incapable of being discharged. The commissioner may approve a person for subsection (2) only if the commissioner is satisfied the person has the necessary expertise or experience to certify that a firearm is incapable of being discharged. s 7 ins 1996 No. 41 s 7 amd 1997 No. 48 s 7 (sec.7-ssec.1) A firearm is made permanently inoperable if the firearm is modified in the way prescribed under a regulation to make it incapable of being discharged. (sec.7-ssec.2) However, a firearm is not taken to be permanently inoperable unless a licensed armourer or a person approved by the commissioner for this subsection certifies, in the approved form, the firearm as being incapable of being discharged. (sec.7-ssec.3) The commissioner may approve a person for subsection (2) only if the commissioner is satisfied the person has the necessary expertise or experience to certify that a firearm is incapable of being discharged.