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Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000)

Regulations

Firearms Control Fees Amendment Regulations, 2020

Chapter 5 : Licences issued to particular categories of persons

Part 1 : General provisions

30. Additional particulars to be provided with an application for a dealer, manufacturer and gunsmith's licence

 

A person who applies for a dealer, manufacturer or gunsmith’s licence contemplated in Chapter 7 the Act must, in addition to the relevant information required by regulation 13, submit—

(a) a description of the premises on which the applicant intends to carry on business as a dealer, manufacturer or gunsmith which specifies its location and the surrounding buildings and businesses;
(b) a plan of the premises, drawn to scale, on which the following are clearly indicated—
(i) the dimensions of every room; and
(ii) the arrangement of the internal structure, together with all doors, windows, counters, safes, strongrooms and manner of internal and external connections;
(c) documentary proof to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the building, or section thereof that will be used for the purpose of the business, will be constructed with baked clay or cement bricks, concrete floors, aggregate for concrete that complies with requirements of SABS specification 1083, aggregate for mortar and plaster that complies with requirements of SABS specification 1090, and a roof constructed to the satisfaction of the Registrar;
(d) documentary proof to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the premises are furnished with a burglar alarm which complies with the following requirements—
(i) passive infrared (PIR) movement sensors with a lens for solid curtain coverage installed in such a manner that coverage is provided from the floor to the ceiling of the building;
(ii) every movement sensor shall be equipped with a tamper-proof device;
(iii) if the alarm is activated, it must only be possible to reset it with a key or a code adjustment;
(iv) independent functioning in case of a power failure for a period of at least 10 hours;
(v) the control unit must be installed within the safeguarded area or be equipped with a tamper-proof device;
(vi) an automatic telephone or radio contact unit which effects contact to the applicant or any other responsible person on activation of the alarm system which must be installed within the safeguarded area or be equipped with a tamper-proof device; and
(vii) a siren with a sound frequency level of at least 93 decibels with a flashing light which must be installed within the safeguarded area or be equipped with a tamper-proof device;
(e) documentary proof to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the building is equipped with burglar proofing, installed and complying with the following—
(i) the burglar proofing must be affixed to the fixed structure of the building and the security gates fitted with locks; and
(ii) burglar proofing of the windows and security gates of doors which shall consist of horizontal steel reinforcing of not less than 50 mm x 10 mm, spaced not more than 500 mm apart and vertical round steel bars of a diameter of not less than 16 mm fixed to the horizontal steel reinforcing by means of inserting the vertical round steel bars through the horizontal steel reinforcing not more than 100 mm apart;
(f) documentary proof to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the building, or section thereof that will be used for the purpose of the business, is equipped with an adequate number of safes or strong-rooms that comply with the applicable provision of Regulation 86;
(g) documentary proof to the satisfaction of the Registrar, provided by an accountant, auditor or attorney with knowledge of the particular facts, of—
(i) the full names, surname, identity number and address of every natural person who will have any direct or indirect financial or other business interest in the business together with particulars of the nature and extent of any such interest and, in the case of a juristic person, also the name and identity number of any person who is in control thereof or is responsible for the management thereof;
(ii) if the applicant is a juristic person, full particulars of the juristic person including supporting documents confirming its legal status;
(iii) documentary proof of ownership of the property or, if the applicant is not the registered owner of the property on which the premises are situated, the particulars of the registered owner and the written consent of the registered owner for the applicant to conduct the business on the premises together with the terms and conditions applicable to the use of the premises; and
(h) documentary proof to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the applicant complies with all local by-laws which may be applicable to the conducting of the business.