Schedule 3

1 Section 1 of the Permit Regulation, B.C. Reg. 253/2000, is amended by adding the following definition:

"firearm offence" means any of the following:

(a) an offence under the Firearm Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 145;

(b) an offence under section 65 (1) (a), (b), (c) or (d) of the Firearm Violence Prevention Act; .

2 Section 16 (2) (b) is repealed and the following substituted:

(b) either the applicant or the non-resident or non-resident alien to whom the permit would apply

(i) has been convicted, within the 5-year period immediately preceding the application for a permit, of an offence referred to in section 84 (1) (a) of the Act, or

(ii) has been convicted, within the 3-year period immediately preceding the application for a permit, of

(A) an offence referred to in section 84 (1) (b) of the Act, or

(B) a firearm offence, or .

3 Section 17 (2) is amended

(a) in paragraph (c) by striking out “or”, and

(b) by repealing paragraph (d) and substituting the following:

(d) has been convicted, within the 5-year period immediately preceding the application for a permit, of an offence referred to in section 84 (1) (a) of the Act, or

(e) has been convicted, within the 3-year period immediately preceding the application for a permit, of

(i) an offence referred to in section 84 (1) (b) of the Act, or

(ii) a firearm offence.

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