Division 1Division 1 Registration scheme
(1) The Commissioner is to cause to be compiled and maintained a Register of Firearms.(2) The Register is to contain:(a) such particulars of each registered firearm (including its serial number if any) as are sufficient to identify the firearm and the person in whose name the firearm is registered, and(b) particulars of the licence or permit of the person in respect of whom the firearm is registered, and(c) such other information as may be required by the regulations to be included in the Register.(3) The Register is to be maintained in such form as:(a) to enable the Register to be linked to the National Exchange of Police Information (NEPI) scheme, and(b) to enable information in the Register to be accessed by other State and Territory government firearms authorities.(4) The Register is not to be made available for inspection by any member of the public.(5) The regulations may make provision with respect to the Register.
(1) An application for registration of a firearm must be in the manner, and be accompanied by the fee (if any), prescribed by the regulations.(2) The Commissioner is to register a firearm that is the subject of an application, except as provided by this section.(3) The Commissioner must not register a firearm if the person in whose name the firearm is registered is not the holder of a licence or permit in respect of the firearm.(4) In the case of a person who is the holder of a category C licence, no more than one rifle to which the licence applies, and no more than one shotgun to which the licence applies, is to be registered in the name of that person.(5) The Commissioner may refuse to register a firearm if any firearm to which the application relates is not first produced for inspection by a member of the Police Force.(6) The Commissioner registers a firearm by entering in the Register particulars of the firearm and particulars relating to the person in whose name the firearm is registered.(7) If:(a) a firearm is registered in accordance with subsection (6), or(b) the Commissioner, in accordance with the regulations, records in the Register a change in the particulars relating to the person in whose name a firearm is registered,the Commissioner is to issue a notice of registration to the person in whose name the firearm is registered.(8) A registered firearm ceases to be registered if registration of the firearm is cancelled under section 35. However nothing in this subsection prevents the further registration of a firearm after it ceases to be a registered firearm.
35 Cancellation of registration
(1) The Commissioner may, by notice in writing served on the person in whose name a firearm is registered, cancel the registration of the firearm if:(a) had the firearm not been registered, the Commissioner would be required not to register it on the grounds that the person does not hold a licence or permit in respect of the firearm, or(b) the Commissioner is satisfied that the applicant for registration made a statement in or in connection with the application that the applicant knew to be false or misleading in a material particular, or(c) the person in whose name the firearm is registered is convicted of an offence under this Act or the regulations or an offence prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section, or(d) the person in whose name the firearm is registered requests the cancellation.(2) Cancellation of the registration of a firearm takes effect on the notice being served on the person in whose name the firearm is registered.(3) On cancellation of the registration of a firearm, a police officer is authorised to seize the firearm.