Carriage Permit, Business Permits and Minors Permits

Permit to carry restricted weapon - Limitation - Temporary permit to
  carry - Permit to transport restricted weapon - Temporary storage
  permit - Contents of permit - Validity of permit - Permit to convey
  restricted weapon - Permit to carry on business - Permits to persons
  hunting as a way of life - Permit to person between 12 and 16 years
  of age - Idem - Where no fee payable and fee for business permits -
  Validity of permit - Form and conditions of permit.

  110.  (1)  A permit that authorizes a person to possess a
particular restricted weapon, whether or not that person is the person
mentioned in the registration certificate issued in respect of the
weapon, elsewhere than at the place at which the person is otherwise
entitled to possess it, as indicated on the registration certificate
issued in respect thereof, may be issued by the Commissioner, the
Attorney General of a province, a chief provincial firearms officer or a
member of a class of persons that has been designated in writing for
that purpose by the Commissioner or the Attorney General of a province,
and remains in force until the expiration of the period for which it is
expressed to be issued, unless it is revoked before that expiration.

  (2)  A permit described in subsection (1) may be issued only where
the person authorized to issue it is satisfied that the applicant
therefor requires the restricted weapon to which the application
relates

  (a)  to protect life;

  (b)  for use in connection with his lawful profession or occupation;

  (c)  for use in target practice under the auspices of a shooting club
  approved for the purposes of this section by the Attorney General of
  the province in which the premises of the shooting club are located;
  or

  (d)  for use in target practice in  accordance with the conditions
  attached to the permit.

  (2.1)  A permit may be issued hy a person authorized to issue a
permit under subsection (1) that authorizes a person who does not
reside in Canada to possess and  carry  between  the  places
specified  in  the  permit  a  restricted  weapon described in the
permit for use in a target shooting competition that is held under the
auspices of a shooting club referred to in subparagraph 109(3)(c)(iii),
and remains in force until the expiration of the period for which it is
expressed to be issued, unless it is revoked hefore that expiration.

  (3)  A permit to transport a restricted weapon from one place to
another place specified therein may he issued hy a local registrar of
firearms to any person who is required to transport that weapon by
reason of a change of residence or for any other bona fide
reason, and shall remain in force until the expiration of the period
for which it is expressed to he issued, unless it is sooner revoked.

  (3.1)  A permit that authorizes a holder of a registration
certificate in respect of a restricted weapon to temporarily store the
restricted weapon elsewhere than at the place at which that holder is
otherwise entitled to possess it may be issued by a local registrar of
firearms jointly to the holder and an individual under whose control
the restricted weapon is to he stored.

  (3.2) A permit described in subsection (3.1) shall describe the
restricted weapon in respect of which it is issued, shall specify the
place at which that restricted weapon is to he stored and shall
authorize, in addition to the storage of the weapon, either person
named in the permit to transport the restricted weapon, prior to the
beginning of the period of storage, to the place where it is to be
stored and, after the end of the period of storage; to the place at
which the holder of the restricted weapon registration certificate in
respect of the restricted weapon is entitled to possess that restricted
weapon.

  (3.3) A permit described in subsection (3.1) shall remain in force
until the expiration of the period, not exceeding one year, for which
it is expressed to be issued, unless it is revoked before that
expiration, but either the holder of the registration certificate  in
respect of the restricted weapon  in  respect of which the permit is
issued or the individual under whose control the restricted weapon is
stored may apply to the local registrar of firearms for renewal of the
permit.

  (4)  A permit authorizing an applicant for a registration certificate
to convey the weapon to which the application relates to a local
registrar of firearms may be issued by a local registrar of firearms
and shall remain in force until the expiration of the period for which
it is expressed to be issued, unless it is sooner revoked.

  (5) A permit to carry on a business described in paragraph 105(1)(a)
or (b) or subparagraph  105(2)(b)(i) may be  issued by  the
Commissioner, the Attorney General or the chief provincial firearms
officer of the province where the business is or is to be carried on or
by any person whom the Commissioner or the Attorney General designates
in writing for that purpose, the fee payable on application for such a
permit is the fee prescribed by regulation, and the permit remains in
force until the expiration of the period, not exceeding one year, for
which it is expressed to be issued, unless it is revoked before
that expiration.

  (6) A permit to possess a firearm, other than a restricted weapon,
may be issued by a firearms officer to a person under the age of
eighteen years who hunts or traps as a way of life if the firearms
officer is satisfied that the person needs to hunt or trap in order to
sustain the person or the person's family and the application for the
permit includes a consent to the issuance of the permit signed by a
parent of the applicant or, if a consent by a parent cannot be obtained
because of the death of both parents or for any other reason it is not
practicable or desirable in the opinion of the firearms officer to whom
the application is made to obtain a parent's consent, a person having
custody or control of the applicant.

  (7) A permit authorizing a person who is twelve or more years of age
but under the age of eighteen years to possess a tirearm, other than a
restricted weapon, may be issued by a firearms officer if the firearms
officer is satisfied that the applicant therefor requires such a permit
in order to enable the applicant to  possess  a  firearm  for the
purpose  of target  praclice,  game  hunting  or instruction in the use
of firearms in accordance with conditions for supervision attached to
the  permit signed by a  parent of the applicant or, if a consent by a
parent cannot be obtained because of the death of both parents or for
any other reason it is not practicable or desirable in the opinion of
the firearms officer to whom the application is made to obtain a
parent's consent, a person having custody or control of the applicant.

  (8)  A permit mentioned in subsection (6) or (7) shall remain in
force until

  (a)  the expiration of the period for which it is expressed to be
  issued, or

  (b)  the person to whom it is issued attains the age of eighteen
years, whichever first occurs, unless it is sooner revoked.

  (9)  Permits mentioned in subsections (1), (2.1), (3), (3.1),
(4), (6) and (7) shall be issued without payment of a fee, but no
permit mentioned in subsection (5) may be issued unless the application
therefor is accompanied by the fee prescribed by regulation.

  (10) No permit, other than

  (a) a permit for the possession of a restricted weapon for use as
  described in paragraph (2)(c),

  (b) a permit to transport a restricted weapon from one place to another
  place specified therein as mentioned in subsection (3),

  (b.1) a permit that authorizes a person who does not reside in Canada
  to possess and carry a restricted weapon for use in a target shooting
  competition as mentioned in subsection (2.1),

  (b.2)  a permit that authorizes a holder of a registration
  certificate in respect of a restricted weapon to temporarily store
  the restricted weapon elsewhere than  at the place at which that
  holder is otherwise entitled to possess it, as mentioned in
  subsection (3.1), or

  (c)  a permit authorizing an applicant for a registration certificate
  to convey the weapon to which the application relates to a local
  registrar of firearms as mentioned in subsection (4),

is valid outside the province  in  which  it is issued unless it is
issued by the Commissioner or a person designated in writing by him and
authorized in writing  by  him  to  issue permits valid outside the
province and  is endorsed for the purposes of this subsection by the
person who issued it as being valid within fhe provinces indicated
therein.

  (11)  Every permit shall be in a form prescribed by the
Commissioner, but any person who is authorized to issue a permit
relating to any restricted weapon, firearm or ammunition may attach to
the permit any reasonable condition relating to the use, carriage,
possession, handling or storage of weapons or ammunition that he deems
desirable in the particular circumstances and in the interests of the
safety of the applicant therefor or any other person.

1991, c. 40, ss. 23, 40.