New clauses 24AB and 24AC
After clause 24 (page 14), insert:
24AB Section 24 amended (Issue of firearms licence)
(1)
In section 24(1), replace “subsection (2)”
with “subsection (1A) and (2)”
.
(2)
After section 24(1), insert:
(1A)
A firearms licence must not be issued to a person—
(a)
who, in the opinion of a commissioned officer of Police, is a member of a gang; or
(b)
who is subject to a firearms prohibition order.
(3)
Replace section 24(2)(d) with:
(d)
who, in the opinion of a commissioned officer of Police, is not a fit and proper person to be in possession of a firearm or airgun; or
(e)
who, in the opinion of a commissioned officer of Police, is a member of a gang; or
(f)
who is subject to a firearms prohibition order.
24AC Section 27 amended (Revocation and surrender of firearms licence)
(1)
Before section 27(1), insert:
(1AA)
If a person becomes subject to a firearms prohibition order, any firearms licence that has been issued to that person is revoked, and the person to whom that firearms licence has been issued must immediately surrender the licence to a member of the Police.
(2)
After section 27(1)(a), insert:
(ab)
any person who has been issued with a firearms licence is, or is seeking become, a member of a gang; or
(3)
Replace section 27(1)(b)(iii) and (iv) with:
(iii)
whose firearms licence has been revoked in accordance with this section; or
(iv)
who, in the opinion of a commissioned officer of Police, is not a fit and proper person to be in possession of a firearm or airgun, or is a member of a gang; or
(v)
who is subject to a firearms prevention order—
(4)
In section 27(3), replace “subsection (1)”
with “subsection (1AA) or (1)”