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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 174F

The IBAC review of matters under Part 4A and this Part

    (1)     The IBAC, in accordance with this section, must review—

        (a)     the making of firearm prohibition orders; and

        (b)     the making of service direction determinations.

    (2)     A review under subsection (1) must be conducted for each 3 month period of every year, with the first period commencing on 1 January of that year.

    (3)     Subject to subsection (4), in each 3 month review the IBAC must review—

        (a)     the making of a proportion of the firearm prohibition orders made during the period under review; and

        (b)     the making of a proportion of the service direction determinations made during the period under review.

    (4)     In a 3 month review the IBAC may review every firearm prohibition order or every service direction determination if the IBAC so determines.

    (5)     A 3 month review may have regard to—

        (a)     a matter arising in a previous 3 month period if that matter is connected with a matter being reviewed for the period under review; or

        (b)     a firearm prohibition order or service direction determination made during a previous 3 month period if that order or determination is connected with a matter being monitored under section 173.

    (6)     The IBAC must determine the proportion of—

        (a)     the orders to be reviewed, having regard to the number of orders made during the period, the need to have a representative sample of orders made and any other relevant issues; and

        (b)     the determinations to be reviewed, having regard to the number of determinations made during the period, the need to have a representative sample of determinations made and any other relevant issues.

S. 174G inserted by No. 2/2018 s. 30, substituted by No. 10/2024 s. 21.



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