8Authorisation by employee of Division

8 Authorisation by employee of Division

(1) An employee of the Division may, in accordance with this section, authorise a person to possess or use a weapon referred to in subsection (2). (2) For subsection (1), the weapon must be owned by the Division and registered in the employee’s name in a State or an internal Territory. (3) An employee of the Division must not authorise a person to possess or use a weapon unless: (a) the person requires the weapon for a purpose mentioned or referred to in subsection 7(2); and (b) if the weapon is of a kind for which a licence or permit is required in the State or internal Territory in which the weapon is registered—the person holds a licence or permit in a State or an internal Territory for a weapon of that kind; and (c) if the weapon was manufactured in the Territory—the weapon was manufactured in accordance with an approval given under section 13. (4) An authorisation must: (a) be in writing; and (b) be signed by the employee and the person to be authorised; and (c) include details of the weapon sufficient to identify it; and (d) include the name, address, date of birth and sex of the person to be authorised; and (e) if the weapon is of a kind for which a licence or permit is required in a State or an internal Territory—include details of the licence or permit held by the person to be authorised. (5) If an employee of the Division authorises a person under subsection (1), the employee must send a copy of the authorisation to the Director as soon as practicable. (6) If the employee refuses to authorise a person, the employee must give written notice to the person of: (a) the refusal; and (b) the reasons for the refusal.