FIREARMS REGULATION 2008
FIREARMS REGULATION 2008
TABLE OF PROVISIONS PART 1--PRELIMINARY 1. Name of regulation 3. Dictionary 4. Notes 5. Offences against regulation—application of Criminal Code etc 6. Not firearms—Act, s 6 (2) (a) PART 2--CLUBS 7. Meaning of target pistol shooter—pt 2 8. Shooting clubs, conditions of approval—Act, s 40 (5) 9. Shooting clubs, power to request information from registrar about target pistol 10. Target pistol shooters to tell club about change of name or address—Act, s 272 11. Collectors clubs, conditions of approval—Act, s 40 (5) PART 3--LICENSING--PROHIBITED FIREARMS AND PISTOLS 12. Prohibited pistols, sport or target shooting—Act, s 52 (3), (4) 13. Category C licences, target shooting—Act, s 53 (3) 14. Category C licence, prohibited firearm used for shooting competition, offences—Act, PART 4--LICENSING--ADULT FIREARMS Division 4.1--Adult firearms licences—general 15. Adult licence applications, information and documents—Act, s 54 (2) (b) and 16. Government agency responsible, vertebrate pest animal control 16A. Category C licences, genuine reason vertebrate pest animal control—Act, s 64 17. Adult licences, evidence of special need for category C licence—Act, 18. Adult licences, evidence of special need for category D licences—Act, s 272 (2) 19. Adult licences, period—Act, s 78 (1) (b) Division 4.2--Adult firearms licences—conditions 20. Adult licence condition, category C or H licences—Act, s 73 (1) 21. Adult licence conditions, category H licences for business—Act, 22. Adult licence conditions, category H licences for employment—Act, 23. Adult licence conditions, firearms collectors licences—Act, 24. Adult licence conditions, heirlooms licences—Act, s 73 (1) (g) 25. Dealer licence condition—Act, s 73 (1) (g) 26. Dealer licence condition, club armourers—Act, 27. Collector licence condition, making firearm incapable of being fired—Act, s 76 PART 5--LICENSING--MINORS FIREARMS 28. Minors firearms licences, minimum age—Act, PART 6--LICENSING--COMPOSITE ENTITIES Division 6.1--Composite entity licences—general 29. Composite entity licences, stated information and documents for applications—Act, s 30. Composite entity, evidence of special need for category C licence—Act, s 272 (2) (o) Division 6.2--Composite entity licences—conditions 31. Composite entity licence conditions—Act, s 116 (1) (h) 32. Composite entity licence conditions, category H licences for business—Act, s 116 (1) 33. Composite entity licence conditions, category H licences for employment—Act, s 116 PART 7--LICENSING--INTERNATIONAL AND INTERSTATE LICENCES 34. Permit to acquire, conditions for foreign acquirers—Act, s 154 PART 8--TEMPORARY RECOGNITION OF OTHER LICENCES 35. Temporary recognition of interstate licences, for possession or use of firearm—Act, 36. Conditions of temporary recognition of interstate licences—Act, PART 9--FIREARMS DEALERS 37. Dealer licences, restrictions on issue—Act, s 272 (2) (e) 38. Dealer licences, required particulars for recording acquisitions and 39. Licensed firearms dealers, additional requirements—Act, 40. Spare barrels, prescribed records when barrel sold—Act, PART 10--REGISTRATION 41. Register of firearms, other particulars—Act, s 157 42. Registration of unregistered firearms, prescribed period—Act, 43. Registered firearms, required particulars when firearm acquired or sold—Act, s 178 PART 11--SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS Division 11.1--Security and safe storage 44. Safe storage requirements, category A and category B firearms and paintball 44A. Storage of more than 10 category A or category B firearms—Act, 45. Security and safe storage requirements, category D firearms—Act, 46. Storage of not more than 10 category A or category B firearms, collectors—Act, s 47. Storage of category C, category D and category H firearms, collectors—Act, s 180 47A. Composite entity licence conditions, category H licences for safe storage of firearms by 48. Storage of firearms, firearms dealers—Act, s 180 (3) Division 11.2--Displays 49. Displaying firearms, reasonable steps in storing—Act, s 180 50. Permanent displays 51. Temporary displays 52. Wall displays—Act, s 180 (3) Division 11.3--Transportation 52A. Transportation of firearms, reasonable steps in storing—Act, PART 12--OFFENCES 53. Restrictions on disposal of firearms—Act, s 226 (1) (c) 54. Safety requirements for transporting prohibited firearms or pistols—Act, s 55. Shortening firearms—Act, s 240 (2) PART 13--SHOOTING RANGES 56. Application for approval of shooting range 57. Decision about shooting range approval 58. Approved shooting ranges, period of approval—Act, s 272 (2) 59. Shooting ranges, immediate suspension of approval—Act, 60. Shooting ranges, cancellation of approval—Act, PART 14--APPROVED PAINTBALL RANGES 61. Application for approval of approved paintball range 62. Decision about paintball range approval 63. Approved paintball ranges, period of approval—Act, s 272 (2) 64. Approved paintball ranges, immediate suspension of approval—Act, 65. Approved paintball ranges, cancellation of PART 15--MISCELLANEOUS 66. Meaning of spare barrel 67. Sporting organisations—Act, s 23, sch 2, pt 2.3, items 2 and 3 67A. Sporting (biathlon or modern pentathlon) organisations—Act, s 23, sch 2, 68. Minimum participation rates for members of approved clubs—Act, dict, def 69. Pistols, prescribed dimensions—Act, dict, def pistol, par (b) 70. Firearms, permits for theatrical and other productions—Act, s 141 (a) 71. Arms fairs, permits to conduct—Act, s 141 (a) 71A. Firearms, permits for possession and display of mortar 72. Firearms, permits for possession and use of tranquilliser firearms—Act, s 141 73. Firearms, permits for possession and use of powerheads—Act, 73A. Minimum dimensions for firearms—Act, sch 1, item 17 PART 16--NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF DECISIONS 74. Meaning of reviewable decision—pt 16 75. Reviewable decision notices 76. Applications for review SCHEDULE 1 DICTIONARY ENDNOTES