Weapons Prohibition Act 1998

A permit is to be in any one or more forms approved by the Commissioner. The manner and form in which the information referred to in subsection (2) is to be specified in, or recorded on, the permit is to be determined by the Commissioner (including, for example, by way of magnetic strip or other electronic means).

A permit must—

contain a recent photograph of the person to whom it is issued (such photograph being obtained in accordance with arrangements determined by the Commissioner), and

bear the signature of the holder, and

specify the authority conferred by the permit and the kind of prohibited weapons to which it relates, and

specify the genuine reason for which the holder was issued with the permit, and

specify (in the case of a weapons dealer permit) the premises where the prohibited weapons to which the permit relates are authorised to be kept, and

contain such other details as may be prescribed by the regulations.

The holder of a permit must, immediately after being issued with the permit, write the person’s usual signature in ink in the space provided for it on the permit (unless the permit already bears the person’s signature).