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Version date: 1 August 2006 - onwards
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43. New section 15A in Principal Act.

The following section is inserted after section 15 of the Principal Act:

"15A. Appeal to District Court.

(1) An appeal may be made to the District Court by a person aggrieved by any of the following decisions made by an issuing person:

(a) to refuse to grant a firearms training certificate under section 2A of this Act;

(b) to refuse to grant or renew a firearm certificate under section 3 of this Act;

(c) to refuse to grant or renew an authorisation for a rifle or pistol club or shooting range under section 4A of this Act;

(d) to revoke a firearm certificate under section 5 of this Act;

(e) to refuse to register a person, or to renew a registration, in the register of firearms dealers under section 9 of this Act;

(f) to grant or renew an authorisation under section 10 of this Act;

(g) to remove the name of a person from the register of firearms dealers under section 11 of this Act;

(h) to refuse to grant a licence under section 10A of this Act;

(i) to refuse to grant an authorisation under section 16(1) of this Act;

(j) to refuse to grant a licence for the import of firearms or ammunition or a prohibited weapon under section 17 of this Act or to vary such a licence or conditions named in it;