• 4. (1) Subject to subsection (2), for the purpose of section 84 of the Act, a record kept in the Canadian Firearms Registry shall not be destroyed until after the expiration of 10 years after the date of the last administrative action taken regarding the information in the record.

• (2) A record, kept in the Canadian Firearms Registry under paragraph 83(1)(a) of the Act, of a registration certificate that is issued or revoked shall not be destroyed.

5. For the purpose of subsection 87(2) of the Act, a record kept by a chief firearms officer shall not be destroyed until after the expiration of 10 years after the date of the last administrative action taken regarding the information in the record.

• 6. (1) Despite section 5, the following records shall not be destroyed until after the death of the individual in respect of whom they are kept:

  • (a) the record attesting to the fact that the individual has met the requirements of section 7 of the Act, including the date and place of any course or test; and

  • (b) records of every certification issued under paragraph 7(4)(a) of the Act.

• (2) Despite sections 4 and 5, records of prohibition orders kept under paragraph 87(1)(c) of the Act and records of information concerning prohibition orders made under section 147.1 of the National Defence Act shall not be destroyed until after the death of the individual in respect of whom the record is kept unless the individual meets the requirements of subsection 7(3) of the Act.

• 7. (1) Records kept in the Canadian Firearms Registry under section 83 of the Act shall be amended only by the Registrar.

• (2) Records kept under section 87 of the Act by a chief firearms officer shall be amended only by the chief firearms officer.

• (3) The Registrar shall inform every chief firearms officer of any amendment made under subsection (1).

• (4) A chief firearms officer shall inform the Registrar and all other chief firearms officers of any amendment made under subsection (2).

• (5) An individual who wants personal information that is contained in a record about himself or herself to be amended shall submit an application in writing

  • (a) in the case of a record in the Canadian Firearms Registry, to the Registrar; and

  • (b) in the case of a record kept under section 87 of the Act, to the chief firearms officer in respect of the province in which the record was originally created.

8. These Regulations come into force on December 1, 1998.