These people may include the branch president and other members of the branch's directing committee. This Business Licence is valid for one year, and must be renewed as long as the organization continues to possess firearms. If your veterans' organization possesses only antique firearms, it will not have to get a Firearms Business Licence. Please see the annex for the list of firearms and reproductions prescribed to be antique. If your veterans' organization possesses only deactivated firearms, it will not have to get a Firearms Business Licence.
Deactivation occurs when a firearm is rendered permanently inoperable.
Once a firearm is deactivated, it is no longer a firearm and, therefore, is not subject to the provisions of the Firearms Act . For more information on exemption, contact your Chief Firearms Officer. No Royal Canadian Legion branch or veterans' organization of the Canadian Armed Forces or a police force has to pay registration fees. Firearms will be registered to the particular organization, not to an employee who handles the firearms. Your organization will receive a print-out of the registration certificate for each firearm.