Section 30 Firearms Act 1996 (NSW)
s 30 General provisions relating to permits
(1)
(2)
A permit is to be in a form approved by the Commissioner and contain such detail as may be prescribed by the regulations.
(3)
The regulations may prescribe or provide for the Commissioner to impose or determine:
(a)
conditions to which a permit is to be subject, and
(b)
the period for which a permit is to be in force.
(3A)
A permit that authorises a person to possess or use a firearm is automatically revoked if the holder of the permit becomes subject to a firearms prohibition order.
(4)
A permit may be suspended or revoked by the Commissioner:
(a)
for any reason for which a licence may be suspended or revoked under this Act, or
(b)
for such other reasons as may be prescribed by the regulations.
(5)
The suspension or revocation of a permit by the Commissioner takes effect when notice is served on the holder of the permit.
(6)
If a permit is suspended, revoked or otherwise ceases to be in force, the person to whom it was issued must immediately surrender to a police officer:
(a)
any firearm in respect of which the permit has been issued, and
(b)
the permit.
Maximum penalty (subsection (6)): 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
(7)
A police officer is authorised to seize any firearm in respect of which a permit has been issued if the permit is suspended, revoked or otherwise ceases to be in force. A police officer is also authorised to seize the permit itself.
(7A)
Subsections (6) and (7) do not apply in relation to a permit that has expired if the authority conferred by the permit continues to have effect (as provided by the regulations) pending the determination of an application for a subsequent permit.
(8)
If a permit is being suspended because the Commissioner is satisfied that there may be grounds for revoking the permit under section 11 (5A), the notice suspending the permit is not required:
(a)
to state the reasons for the suspension, or
(b)
to include any request that the permit holder provide the Commissioner with reasons why the permit should not be revoked.