Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT - SECT 35

(1) The holder of a licence may apply to the Commissioner for a permit to purchase or acquire a firearm.

(2) A separate permit to purchase or acquire a firearm is required for each firearm to be purchased or acquired.

(3) The Commissioner:

(a) is not to grant a permit to a person to purchase or acquire a firearm unless the person is the holder of a licence authorising the person to use or possess the firearm concerned; and

(b) may refuse to grant a permit to purchase or acquire a firearm to a person who is the holder of a firearms club junior licence.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Commissioner is not to grant to a person a permit to purchase or acquire a firearm until after the end of the period of 28 days after the day on which the application for the permit is made.

(5) The Commissioner may grant a permit to a person to purchase or acquire a firearm before the expiration of the period referred to in subsection (4) where:

(a) the person:

(i) holds a licence and owns a registered firearm; and

(ii) has established a genuine need for owning the firearm to be purchased or acquired; and

(b) the prescribed checks (if any) have been completed.

(6) Unless revoked, a permit to purchase or acquire a firearm remains in force for the period specified in the permit or until the firearm to which the permit relates is purchased or acquired, whichever is the sooner.