South Australian Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1977 - SECT 6B

6B—Power to require medical examination or report

        (1)         The Registrar may, as reasonably required for the purposes of determining whether a person is a fit and proper person to have possession of a firearm or ammunition or to hold or have possession of a licence for the purposes of this Act, require the person to—

            (a)         submit to an examination by a health professional, or by a health professional of a class, specified by the Registrar; or

            (b)         provide a medical report from a health professional, or from a health professional of a class, specified by the Registrar,

(including an examination or report that will require the person to submit to a blood test or some other prescribed procedure).

        (2)         A person may be taken not to be a fit and proper person to have possession of a firearm or ammunition or to hold or have possession of a licence for the purposes of this Act, if the person fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1).

        (3)         In this section—

"health professional" means—

            (a)         a medical practitioner; or

            (b)         a psychologist; or

            (c)         a person of a class prescribed by regulation.