Victorian Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 52A

    (1)     If—

S. 52A(1)(a) amended by No. 107/2003 s. 6(a).

        (a)     the holder of a general category handgun licence is a holder to whom the condition set out in section 16(5) and (6) applies; and

S. 52A(1)(b) amended by No. 107/2003 s. 6(b).

        (b)     the holder has failed to comply with subsection (5)(c); and

        (c)     the Chief Commissioner has not cancelled the holder's licence for that failure to comply—

the Chief Commissioner may require the holder to surrender—

        (d)     any handgun in respect of which the failure to comply has taken place; and

        (e)     any ammunition in that person's possession that is capable of being used in that handgun, if the ammunition is not capable of being used in another firearm that is registered to that person and possessed by that person under a licence issued under this Part.

    (2)     If the Chief Commissioner has decided to impose a requirement under subsection (1), the Chief Commissioner must so notify the holder of the licence.

    (3)     A notice under subsection (1) may be served on the holder either personally or by post.

S. 52B inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 26.