Australian Capital Territory Repealed Regulations Australian Capital Territory Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) If a person employs employees who are authorised by licence or permit to possess a firearm for the purpose of that employment, the person must establish and maintain in a form approved by the registrar—
(a) a register that contains—
(i) in relation to each relevant firearm particulars of its acquisition, servicing and disposal (if any); and
(ii) particulars of the acquisition and disposal of ammunition by the employer; and
(b) a register of names of each relevant employee and the period for which the employee has or had possession of a relevant firearm.
(2) Each register mentioned in subsection (1) must be maintained in the following way:
(a) it must have not less than 100 pages, each of which has a machine-printed heading and machine-printed consecutive number;
(b) the pages must be bound in a way that prevents their easy removal;
(c) each entry is to be made in black or blue ink;
(d) any alteration must be made by interlineation or striking out, not by erasure;
(e) no page must be removed.
(3) An employer must—
(a) ensure that each register is kept in a safe place (other than with any firearm to which it relates) at the place of employment; and
(b) keep each register for not less than 3 years after the date of the last entry in the register; and
(c) ensure that the relevant entry is made in the relevant register—
(i) within 24 hours after the acquisition, servicing or disposal of a firearm; and
(ii) at the time when a firearm or some ammunition is transferred from the employer to an employee and when it is returned to the employer.
(4) An employer must comply with the requirements of this section.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(5) In this section, a reference to an "employer" includes a reference to a government agency or, in relation to a government agency that is not a corporation, the chief executive of the agency.