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Firearms Act

Version of section 67 from 2005-04-10 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Renewal

  •  (1) A chief firearms officer may renew a licence, authorization to carry or authorization to transport in the prescribed manner.

  • Marginal note:Restricted firearms and pre-December 1, 1998 handguns

    (2) On renewing a licence authorizing an individual to possess restricted firearms or handguns referred to in subsection 12(6.1) (pre-December 1, 1998 handguns), a chief firearms officer shall decide whether any of those firearms or handguns that the individual possesses are being used for a purpose described in section 28.

  • Marginal note:Registrar

    (3) A chief firearms officer who decides that any restricted firearms or any handguns referred to in subsection 12(6.1) (pre-December 1, 1998 handguns) that are possessed by an individual are not being used for that purpose shall

    • (a) give notice of that decision in the prescribed form to the individual; and

    • (b) inform the Registrar of that decision.

  • Marginal note:Relics

    (4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a firearm

    • (a) that is a relic, is of value as a curiosity or rarity or is valued as a memento, remembrance or souvenir;

    • (b) that was specified in the licence application as being a firearm for which a registration certificate under the former Act was issued because the firearm was a relic, was of value as a curiosity or rarity or was valued as a memento, remembrance or souvenir;

    • (c) for which a registration certificate under the former Act was issued because the firearm was a relic, was of value as a curiosity or rarity or was valued as a memento, remembrance or souvenir; and

    • (d) in respect of which an individual, on the commencement day, held a registration certificate under the former Act.

  • Marginal note:Material to accompany notice

    (5) A notice given under paragraph (3)(a) must include the reasons for the decision and be accompanied by a copy of sections 74 to 81.

  • 1995, c. 39, s. 67
  • 2003, c. 8, ss. 42, 56

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