Information from approved society of firearm collectors
376 Information from approved society of firearm collectors
An approved society of firearm collectors must notify the Commissioner in the approved manner within 7 days after a member who holds a Collector Licence ceases to be a member of the society.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $5 000.
The notification must include a statement of the reason the member ceased to be a member.
If the member ceased to be a member as a result of being expelled from membership, the notification must include a statement of the reasons for the member being expelled.
A statement of the reasons for a member being expelled can include information that the Commissioner might consider relevant to the question of whether or not the member expelled is a fit and proper person to hold a Collector Licence.
An approved society of collectors that is requested at any time to do so may give the Commissioner any information that the Commissioner might consider relevant to —
the question of whether, for the purposes of this Act, a firearm has significant commemorative, historical or thematic value; or
the question of whether a person is a fit and proper person to hold a Collector Licence.
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