Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000)RegulationsFirearms Control Fees Amendment Regulations, 2020Chapter 5 : Licences issued to particular categories of personsPart 4 : Gunsmiths57. Registers in respect of gunsmith |
| (1) | A gunsmith must keep a register as contemplated by section 67(2) of the Act comprising of a set of books or computer printouts known as "the Firearms Repair Register", wherein the following particulars must be recorded— |
| (a) | in respect of every firearm received for repair from whatever source— |
| (i) | a stock number that must be clearly affixed by means of a temporary marking on the firearm; |
| (ii) | the make, type, calibre of the firearm, as well as, every manufacturer’s serial number or additional identification mark contemplated in section 23(4) of the Act that is reflected on the firearm; |
| (iii) | the date of receipt of the firearm; |
| (iv) | the full names, surname, identity number or registration number, as the case may be, and physical address of the person from whom the firearm was acquired; |
| (v) | the number and date of issue of the existing licence, authorisation or permit, as the case may be, of the person from whom the firearm was acquired; |
| (vi) | nature of repair done on the firearm or any other work as contemplated in section 59 of the Act and regulation 50; and |
| (vii) | the date of collection and signature of the holder of the licence, permit or authorisation issued in respect of the firearm; |
| (b) | in respect of a main firearm components, received in stock from whatever source— |
| (i) | the date of receipt of the main firearm components; |
| (ii) | the purpose of such receipt; |
| (iii) | the full names, surname, identity number or registration number, as the case may be, and physical address of the person from whom the main firearm components were acquired; |
| (iv) | the transfer or disposal of the main firearm components including the full names, surname, identity number or registration number, as the case may be, and physical address of the person to whom it was supplied; and |
| (v) | the signature of the person who received it. |
| (2) | A gunsmith must keep a register comprising of a set of books or computer printouts known as "the Ammunition Stock Register" in respect of all ammunition received wherein the following particulars must be recorded— |
| (a) | on the debit-side— |
| (i) | the calibre, make and quantity of all ammunition purchased or acquired; |
| (ii) | the date of receipt; and |
| (iii) | the number and date of issue of the existing licence, authorisation or permit, as the case may be, of the person from whom the ammunition was purchased or acquired; |
| (b) | on the credit-side— |
| (i) | the calibre, make and quantity of all ammunition used; |
| (ii) | the date and reason of disposal of the ammunition and the signature of the gunsmith confirming the entries as correct. |
| (3) | Subject to the provisions of section 146 and regulation 102(1) a register prescribed in this regulation must be kept for a period of 10 years from the date of the last entry therein on the business premises specified on the licence. |
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| (a) | The registers comprising of a set of books that are kept in terms of this regulation, may not be taken into use or be used, unless every page of such register is numbered in sequence and the relevant Designated Firearms Officer, has signed every such page and appended an official date stamp reflecting the particulars of the office to which the relevant Designated Firearms Officer is attached, with every such signature. |
| (b) | A gunsmith must, within seven days after the end of a month hand the register comprising of computer printouts that are kept in terms of this regulation, of which every page must be numbered in sequence, to the relevant Designated Firearms Officer who must sign every page and appended an official date stamp reflecting the particulars of the office to which the relevant Designated Firearms Officer is attached, with every such signature. |
| (5) | An entry recorded in a register referred to in this regulation must be printed or written in ink, and any amendment thereof must be effected by means of interlineation or crossing out in ink and not by way of erasure, and any such amendment must be initialled by the person, effecting it. |
| (6) | No person may remove or cause to be removed any page from any register contemplated in this regulation and if any page is removed from such register, it will be deemed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary which raises reasonable doubt, to have been removed by or on the authority of the person who is in terms of any provision of this Act obliged to keep such register. |
| (7) | A gunsmith must keep an updated register wherein the full names, surname, identity number and physical address and number of the applicable competency certificate in respect of all apprentice gunsmiths as contemplated in regulation 51(r), as well as, the date of issue, type and number of the applicable competency certificates in respect of natural persons who engages in gunsmith activities under the control of the gunsmith, are recorded. |
| (8) | All particulars that must be entered in a register referred to in this regulation, must be recorded immediately on the receipt, transfer, use or disposal, as the case may be, of the firearm, main firearm component or ammunition concerned. |