The Registrar may impose the following conditions in respect of a dealer’s licence—
| (a) |
a dealer intending to transfer a prohibited firearm or device referred to in section 4 of the Act, must lodge with the Registrar an application that complies with regulation 13, insofar as is applicable, accompanied by a relevant permit issued by the National Conventional Arms Control Committee established under the National Conventional Arms Control Act, 2002 (Act No. 41 of 2002); |
| (b) |
a dealer may transfer a prohibited firearm and device referred to in section 4 of the Act only after acquiring a written conformation from the Registrar that a holder of a licence as provided for in sections 17, 18(5), 19 and 20(1)(b) had been issued with a licence to possess that prohibited firearm; |
| (c) |
during any period when the licensed premises are closed for business purposes all firearms and ammunition which are on the premises must be locked in a strong-room or safe for safe custody of firearms which has been defined in the relevant licence; |
| (d) |
during any period when the premises specified in the licence is open for purposes to trade in firearms or ammunition, firearms and ammunition may only be displayed if the firearms are— |
| (ii) |
in the case of handguns, locked in a display counter or display cabinet that prevents the unauthorised access to the handguns displayed therein; |
| (iii) |
in the case of firearms, excluding handguns and firearms displayed as prescribed in subparagraph (ii)— |
| (bb) |
securely attached with a metal attachment to a non-portable structure in such a manner that it cannot readily be removed; and |
| (iv) |
not displayed with ammunition that can be discharged from it; |
| (e) |
during any period when the licensed premises are open for business or any other purpose, firearms and ammunition which are not displayed must be kept in a strong-room or safe for safe custody of firearms which has been defined in the relevant licence; |
| (f) |
a dealer may not record the details of a firearm on the applicable part of an application for a licence to possess that firearm unless the dealer is physically in possession of the firearm when recording such details; |
| (g) |
dealer may not record the details of a firearm on the applicable part of an application for a licence to possess that firearm coincident in another application for a licence to possess that firearm; |
| (h) |
only natural persons whose particulars are recorded in the prescribed register as contemplated in regulation 37(4), may trade in firearms or ammunition on behalf of the dealer; |
| (i) |
the persons whose particulars appear on the licence or in the prescribed register as contemplated in subregulation 37(4) must ensure that— |
| (i) |
during business hours proper control is, at all times, exercised over all the firearms and ammunition; |
| (ii) |
the prescribed registers are properly maintained; and |
| (iii) |
every reasonable precaution is taken against the loss or theft of the firearms and ammunition; |
| (j) |
the firearms and ammunition that are possessed on the authority of a dealer’s licence may only be transported by a person whose particulars appears on the licence or in the register prescribed in regulation 37(4) or by the holder of a firearm transporter’s permit and such transport must comply with the requirements of regulation 68(1)(a) to (c); |
| (k) |
the dealer must verify that the particulars of a firearm and ammunition recorded on a form and register dealt with by the dealer, are correct; |
| (l) |
firearms and ammunition may only be test-fired or fired for demonstration purposes at an accredited shooting range by a person holding a competency certificate; |
| (m) |
the dealer and all persons employed by the dealer must be conversant with the provisions of the Act, the regulations issued in terms of the Act and any amendments thereto; |
| (n) |
a dealer may not at any time display or exhibit any firearm and ammunition in any showcase or show-window which directly goes out on or overlooks any public street, road, throughway or public place whereto the general public has access, or permit it to be so displayed or exhibited or cause it to be so displayed or exhibited; |
| (o) |
the dealers’ licence may not be transferred; and |
| (p) |
a dealer’s licence does not authorise the collection of firearms or ammunition as a private or public collection. |
Tax Administration Act, 2011
