Aboriginal Peoples of Canada Adaptations Regulations (Firearms) (SOR/98-205)

16 With respect to an Aboriginal individual who is less than 18 years old, section 17 of the Firearms Licences Regulations is adapted such that, for the purposes of paragraph 7(4)(a) of the Firearms Act, as adapted by section 15 of these Regulations, the circumstances are that the chief firearms officer has received a recommendation from any of the following persons indicating that, in that person’s opinion, the individual has the requisite knowledge to be certified under paragraph 7(4)(a) of the Firearms Act as adapted by section 15 of these Regulations, namely,

• (a) an elder of the individual’s Aboriginal community;

• (b) a leader of the individual’s Aboriginal community; or

• (c) a person who is at least 18 years of age, who has personal knowledge of the individual within the six-month period preceding the application for a licence, and who

  • (i) has been certified by a chief firearms officer, or

  • (ii) has complied with paragraph 7(1)(a) or (b) of the Firearms Act.