Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) The registrar must not issue a permit unless satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to have possession of a prohibited weapon or prohibited article without danger to public safety or to the peace.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the registrar must not issue a permit if the registrar has reasonable cause to believe that the applicant may not personally exercise continuous and responsible control over a prohibited weapon or prohibited article because of the applicant's way of living or domestic circumstances.
(3) The registrar must not issue a permit to someone if—
(a) the person has been convicted within the relevant period in the ACT, or elsewhere, of a prescribed offence, whether or not the offence is an offence against territory law; or
(b) the person is, or has been within the relevant period, subject to a protection order or corresponding order; or
(c) the person is subject to an interim protection order or a corresponding order; or
(d) the person is subject to an undertaking to keep the peace (whether or not the undertaking was given in the ACT); or
(e) a permit issued to the person under the Act, or a licence or permit issued to the person under the Firearms Act 1996 , has been cancelled.
(4) For subsection (3) (b):
"protection order "does not include a protection order that has been revoked.
(5) The registrar may refuse to issue a permit if the registrar considers that issuing the permit would be contrary to the public interest.
(6) In this section:
"corresponding order", in relation to a protection order or interim protection order, means an order under a law of a State, another Territory or New Zealand that has the same effect or substantially the same effect as a protection order or interim protection order.
"interim protection order"—see the Domestic Violence and Protection Orders Act 2008 , dictionary, definition of interim order .
Note See also s (7).
"prescribed offence" means an indictable offence involving actual or threatened violence or the use of a firearm, prohibited weapon or prohibited article.
"protection order"—see the Domestic Violence and Protection Orders Act 2008 , dictionary, definition of final order .
Note See also s (7).
"relevant period", in relation to an application for a permit, means the 10 years before the day the application was made.
(7) In subsection (6):
"interim protection order" includes—
(a) an interim protection order made under the Domestic Violence Act 1986 ; and
(b) an interim restraining order made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 .
"protection order" includes—
(a) a protection order made under the Domestic Violence Act 1986 ; and
(b) a restraining order made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 .
(8) The notes to subsection (6), definitions of interim protection order" and " protection order , subsection (7) and this subsection, expire on 27 March 2012.