30D Revocation of certificates: supplementary.E+W+S
(1)Where a certificate is revoked under section 30A or 30C of this Act the chief officer of police shall by notice in writing require the holder to surrender the certificate.
(2)Where a certificate is partially revoked under section 30B of this Act the chief officer of police shall by notice in writing require the holder to deliver up the certificate for the purpose of amending it.
(3)It is an offence for the holder of a certificate to fail to comply with a notice under subsection (1) or (2) above within twenty-one days from the date of the notice.
(4)If an appeal is brought against a revocation or partial revocation—
(a)this section shall not apply to that revocation or partial revocation unless the appeal is abandoned or dismissed; and
(b)it shall then apply with the substitution, for the reference to the date of the notice, of a reference to the date on which the appeal was abandoned or dismissed.
(5)This section shall not apply in relation to—
(a)the revocation of a firearm certificate on any ground mentioned in section 30A(2), (3) or (4) of this Act;
(b)the revocation of a shot gun certificate,
if the chief officer of police serves a notice on the holder under section 12 of the Firearms Act 1988 requiring him to surrender forthwith his certificate and any firearms and ammunition in his possession by virtue of the certificate.
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