Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Registrar shall not issue a permit if he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the applicant may not personally exercise continuous and responsible control over a prohibited weapon or prohibited article because of the applicant's way of living or domestic circumstances.
(3) The Registrar shall not issue a permit to a person who—
(a) has, within the period of 10 years before the application for the permit was made, been convicted in the Territory or elsewhere of a prescribed offence, whether or not the offence is an offence under a law of the Territory;
(b) is subject to a protection order, restraining order or corresponding order or who has, at any time within 10 years before the application for the permit was made, been subject to such an order (other than an order which has been revoked);
(c) is subject to an interim restraining order, an interim protection order or a corresponding order;
(d) is subject to a recognizance, granted in the Territory or elsewhere, to keep the peace; or
(e) had a permit issued to him or her under the Act, or a licence or permit issued to him or her under the Firearms Act 1996 , cancelled.
(4) The Registrar may refuse to issue a permit if he or she considers that issuing the permit would be contrary to the public interest.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (3) (a), a prescribed offence is an indictable offence involving actual or threatened violence or the use of a firearm, prohibited weapon or prohibited article.
(6) In this regulation—