What if I re-apply for my firearms licence and my old licence expires before my new licence is issued?
It is important that your re-application (subsequent licence) is received at the Firearms Registry prior to the expiry of you current licence. Clause 18 of the Firearms Regulation 2006 provides for the authority of your licence to continue until notification of the issue or refusal of your subsequent licence. This means that, as long as your re-application was received prior to the expiry of your current licence, you can continue to possess and use firearms while you are waiting for notification that your licence has been approved for issue. However, if your re-application is received after the expiry of your current licence, you have no continuing authority to possess and use firearms. In this case your firearms must be stored with a licenced firearms dealer or surrendered to police until the issue of your new licence. Get your re-application in prior to the expiry date of your licence to avoid any problems !
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