Firearms Act (S.C. 1995, c. 39)

Marginal note:Other records of Registrar

• 85. (1) The Registrar shall establish and maintain a record of

  • (a) firearms acquired or possessed by the following persons and used by them in the course of their duties or for the purposes of their employment, namely,

    • (i) peace officers,

    • (ii) persons training to become police officers or peace officers under the control and supervision of

      • (A) a police force, or

      • (B) a police academy or similar institution designated by the federal Minister or the lieutenant governor in council of a province,

    • (iii) persons or members of a class of persons employed in the federal public administration or by the government of a province or municipality who are prescribed by the regulations made by the Governor in Council under Part III of the Criminal Code to be public officers, and

    • (iv) chief firearms officers and firearms officers; and

  • (b) firearms acquired or possessed by individuals on behalf of, and under the authority of, a police force or a department of the Government of Canada or of a province.

• Marginal note:Reporting of acquisitions and transfers

  (2) A person referred to in subsection (1) who acquires or transfers a firearm shall have the Registrar informed of the acquisition or transfer.

• Marginal note:Destruction of records

  (3) The Registrar may destroy any record referred to in subsection (1) at such times and in such circumstances as may be prescribed.

Marginal note:Records to be transferred

86. The records kept in the registry maintained pursuant to section 114 of the former Act that relate to registration certificates shall be transferred to the Registrar.

Marginal note:Records of chief firearms officers

• 87. (1) A chief firearms officer shall keep a record of

  • (a) every licence and authorization that is issued or revoked by the chief firearms officer;

  • (b) every application for a licence or authorization that is refused by the chief firearms officer;

  • (c) every prohibition order of which the chief firearms officer is informed under section 89; and

  • (d) such other matters as may be prescribed.

• Marginal note:Destruction of records

  (2) A chief firearms officer may destroy any record referred to in subsection (1) at such times and in such circumstances as may be prescribed.

Marginal note:Reporting of loss, finding, theft and destruction

88. A chief firearms officer to whom the loss, finding, theft or destruction of a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm is reported shall have the Registrar informed without delay of the loss, finding, theft or destruction.