Australian Capital Territory Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

FIREARMS REGULATION 1997 (REPEALED) - REG 29

[ Note: This provision was uncommenced at republication date. ]

    (1)     For the Act, section 47 (1), the prescribed manner of making an application is—

        (a)     for a permit under the Act, section 45A—by lodging it at the Firearms Registry in accordance with subsection (2); or

        (b)     for any other permit—by lodging it personally at the Firearms Registry.

    (2)     An application for a permit under the Act, section 45A must—

        (a)     be lodged at the Firearms Registry—

              (i)     not less than 30 days before the applicant's arrival in the ACT; or

              (ii)     within any shorter period that the registrar allows, if the registrar is satisfied that exceptional circumstances prevent, or have prevented, compliance with subparagraph (i); and

        (b)     include the following information:

              (i)     the applicant's name, date of birth and residential address in the country where the applicant resides;

              (ii)     the applicant's passport number, country of issue and date of expiry;

              (iii)     the number of the applicant's visa (if any) and its date of expiry;

              (iv)     the number of the applicant's firearms licence (if any), its country of issue and date of expiry;

              (v)     if the applicant is not the holder of a firearms licence—a certificate signed by the authority responsible for authorising possession or use of firearms in the applicant's country of residence to the effect that the applicant is lawfully entitled to possess or use in that country the type of firearm for which the permit is sought;

              (vi)     the make, model, calibre, action and serial number of the firearm for which the permit is sought;

              (vii)     if the applicant intends to import more than 1 firearm into Australia—details of the special need for the additional firearm;

              (viii)     the purpose for which the permit is required;

              (ix)     if the applicant intends to participate in a shooting competition in Australia—the date and location of the competition;

              (x)     the intended period of the applicant's stay in Australia;

              (xi)     whether or not the applicant, in the ACT, a State, another Territory or another country—

    (A)     has, within the period of 10 years before the application for the permit is made, been convicted of an offence prescribed for the Act, section 46 (3) (a), whether or not the offence is an offence under a territory law; or

    (B)     is, or has been at any time within the 10 years before the application for the permit is made, subject to an order or other restriction having the same or substantially the same effect as a domestic violence order under the Domestic Violence and Protection Orders Act 2001 (other than an order or other restriction which has been revoked); or

Example of order

a protection order under the Domestic Violence Act 1986 (repealed)

Note     An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

    (C)     is subject to a court order (however described) to keep the peace or to a requirement having the same or substantially the same effect; or

    (D)     is subject to an order or other restriction having the same or substantially the same effect as a firearms protection order; and

        (c)     include the following documents:

              (i)     a copy of the applicant's passport that shows the information required under paragraph (b) (ii);

              (ii)     2 passport-size portrait photographs of the applicant;

              (iii)     3 samples of the applicant's signature.

    (3)     For the Act, section 46 (6), the registrar may refuse to issue a permit if the registrar is not satisfied about the identity of the applicant.

    (4)     This subsection, and the example and note to subsection (2) (b) (xi) (B), expire on 27 March 2012.