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Queensland
WEAPONS AMENDMENT
BILL 1998
Queensland
WEAPONS AMENDMENT BILL 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 3 (Principles and object of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 4 (How object is to be achieved for firearms) . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Amendment of s 10 (Limitations on issue of licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Insertion of new s 10A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
10A Prohibited persons register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 11 (Genuine reasons for possession of a weapon) . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 20 (Term of licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10 Amendment of s 33 (Interstate residents moving to Queensland) . . . . . . . . 7
11 Amendment of s 35 (Acquisitions of weapons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Amendment of s 36 (Sale or disposal of weapons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Amendment of s 39 (Limitations on issue of permits to acquire) . . . . . . . . 9
14 Amendment of s 40 (Application for permit to acquire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
15 Amendment of s 49 (Commissioner to maintain firearms register) . . . . . . . 9
16 Amendment of s 50 (Possession of weapons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
17 Amendment of s 60 (Secure storage of weapons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
18 Amendment of s 68 (Dealers to be licensed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
19 Amendment of s 69 (Armourers to be licensed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
20 Insertion of new s 150A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
150A Community liaison committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
21 Amendment of s 151 (Disclosure by doctors and psychologists of
certain information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2
Weapons Amendment
22 Insertion of new s 158A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
158A Confidentiality of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
23 Insertion of new pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART 8--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR WEAPONS
AMENDMENT ACT 1998
173 Firearms licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1998
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Weapons Act 1990
s1 4 s5
Weapons Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Weapons Amendment Act 1998. 3
4
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on assent. 5
amended 6
Act
Clause 3. This Act amends the Weapons Act 1990. 7
of s 3 (Principles and object of Act) 8
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 3(1)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`3.(1) The principle underlying this Act is to ensure-- 11
(a) only fit and proper persons are eligible to own or possess 12
firearms; and 13
(b) firearms are stored and transported safely and securely.'. 14
of s 4 (How object is to be achieved for firearms) 15
Amendment
Clause 5.(1) Section 4(a)-- 16
omit. 17
(2) Section 4(b)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(b) establishing an integrated licensing scheme; and'. 20
(3) Section 4(d)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
s6 5 s7
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`(d) providing strict requirements that must be satisfied for licences 1
authorising possession of firearms; and'. 2
of s 10 (Limitations on issue of licence) 3
Amendment
Clause 6. Section 10(6)-- 4
omit. 5
of new s 10A 6
Insertion
Clause 7. After section 10-- 7
insert-- 8
persons register 9
`Prohibited
`10A.(1) The commissioner must establish a register ("prohibited 10
persons register') of persons who are not fit and proper persons to hold a 11
licence or possess a weapon for any of the following reasons-- 12
(a) a doctor or psychologist has notified the commissioner about the 13
person under section 1511; 14
(b) a domestic violence order, other than a temporary protection 15
order, has been made against the person within the 5 years 16
immediately before the person applies for the issue of the licence; 17
(c) the person has been convicted of any of the following offences in 18
Queensland or elsewhere within the 5 years immediately before 19
the person applies for the issue of the licence-- 20
(i) a non-indictable offence relating to the misuse of drugs; 21
(ii) a non-indictable offence involving the use or threatened use 22
of violence; 23
(iii) a non-indictable offence involving the use, carriage, 24
discharge or possession of a weapon; 25
(d) the person has been convicted of an indictable offence in 26
Queensland or elsewhere. 27
1 Section 151 (Disclosure by doctors and psychologists of certain information)
s8 6 s9
Weapons Amendment
`(2) The commissioner must remove the person's name from the 1
register if-- 2
(a) the reason for including the person in the register no longer 3
applies; or 4
(b) for subsection (1)(a)--a doctor or psychologist informs the 5
commissioner that the person is no longer an unsuitable person to 6
possess a firearm. 7
`(3) The Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 does not 8
prevent the inclusion of a person in the register for the reason mentioned in 9
subsection (1)(d). 10
`(4) A person included in the register is not a fit and proper person to 11
hold a licence or possess a weapon. 12
`(5) In this section-- 13
"convicted" includes discharged from custody on sentence after the person 14
has been convicted.'. 15
of s 11 (Genuine reasons for possession of a weapon) 16
Amendment
Clause 8. Section 11-- 17
insert-- 18
`(da)defence of a person or the person's family in the person's place 19
of residence;'. 20
of s 20 (Term of licence) 21
Amendment
Clause 9. Section 20(1)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`20.(1) A licence, other than a replacement licence, remains in force-- 24
(a) for a firearms licence--for an indefinite term; or 25
(b) for any other licence--for the term, of not more than 5 years, 26
stated on the licence.'. 27
s 10 7 s 11
Weapons Amendment
of s 33 (Interstate residents moving to Queensland) 1
Amendment
Clause 10.(1) Section 33(3)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(3) The period is-- 4
(a) for a licence authorising possession of a category A, B or C 5
weapon--28 days; and 6
(b) for a licence authorising possession of a category D or H 7
weapon--7 days.'. 8
(2) Section 33(5), `C,'-- 9
omit. 10
of s 35 (Acquisitions of weapons) 11
Amendment
Clause 11.(1) Before section 35(1)(b)-- 12
insert-- 13
`(ba)for a category A, B or C weapon-- 14
(i) the person first produces the person's licence, that authorises 15
the person to possess the weapon, to the person from whom 16
the weapon is being acquired (the "seller"); and 17
(ii) the person gives the seller, on the seller's request, the 18
person's licence number; or'. 19
(2) Section 35(1)(b), before `the person'-- 20
insert-- 21
`for a category D, E or H weapon--'. 22
(3) Section 35(1), penalty, paragraph (b), `C or'-- 23
omit. 24
(4) Section 35(1), penalty, paragraph (c), `or B'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`, B or C'. 27
(5) Section 35(1), examples 1 to 3, after `J's'-- 28
s 12 8 s 12
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insert-- 1
`category D'. 2
(6) Section 35(1), example 4, `a firearm'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`a category D weapon'. 5
(7) Section 35(1), example 4, `the firearm'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`the weapon'. 8
(8) Section 35(2), `the weapon'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`a category D, E or H weapon'. 11
of s 36 (Sale or disposal of weapons) 12
Amendment
Clause 12.(1) Before section 36(1)(b)-- 13
insert-- 14
`(ba)for a category A, B or C weapon--the person sells or otherwise 15
disposes of the weapon to someone who first produces to the 16
person a licence that authorises the other person to possess the 17
weapon; or'. 18
(2) Section 36(1)(b), before `the person'-- 19
insert-- 20
`for a category D, E or H weapon--'. 21
(3) Section 36(1), penalty, paragraph (b), `C or'-- 22
omit. 23
(4) Section 36(1), penalty, paragraph (c), `or B'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`, B or C'. 26
s 13 9 s 16
Weapons Amendment
of s 39 (Limitations on issue of permits to acquire) 1
Amendment
Clause 13.(1) Section 39(2)(d), `B, C,'-- 2
omit. 3
(2) Section 39(5)-- 4
omit. 5
of s 40 (Application for permit to acquire) 6
Amendment
Clause 14. Section 40(2), `B, C,'-- 7
omit. 8
of s 49 (Commissioner to maintain firearms register) 9
Amendment
Clause 15.(1) Section 49(1), from `firearms', second mention-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`category D, H or R weapons that are firearms in Queensland.'. 12
(2) Section 49(3)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(3) The commissioner may release information in the register only to-- 15
(a) the chief executive of the police service of the Commonwealth or 16
another State for the purposes of the prevention of offences or 17
detection and punishment of offenders; or 18
(b) another person with the consent of the firearm's owner. 19
`(3A) The commissioner may release the following information in the 20
register to another entity-- 21
(a) the information mentioned in subsection(2)(b), other than the 22
serial number of a firearm; 23
(b) the information mentioned in subsection (2)(f).'. 24
of s 50 (Possession of weapons) 25
Amendment
Clause 16.(1) Section 50, penalty, paragraph (b), `C or'-- 26
s 17 10 s 19
Weapons Amendment
omit. 1
(2) Section 50, penalty, paragraph (c), `or B'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`, B or C'. 4
of s 60 (Secure storage of weapons) 5
Amendment
Clause 17. Section 60-- 6
insert-- 7
`(2) However, if the person possesses a firearm in a vehicle for an 8
occupational requirement and it is impracticable, because of the 9
requirement, to store it in the way required under subsection (1), it is 10
enough for the person to ensure the firearm-- 11
(a) is placed unobtrusively in the vehicle; and 12
(b) is unloaded; and 13
(c) is under the person's control.'. 14
of s 68 (Dealers to be licensed) 15
Amendment
Clause 18.(1) Section 68(1), penalty, paragraph (b), `C or'-- 16
omit. 17
(2) Section 68(1), penalty, paragraph (c), `or B'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`, B or C'. 20
of s 69 (Armourers to be licensed) 21
Amendment
Clause 19.(1) Section 69(1), penalty, paragraph (b), `C or'-- 22
omit. 23
(2) Section 69(1), penalty, paragraph (c), `or B'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`, B or C'. 26
s 20 11 s 20
Weapons Amendment
(3) Section 69(1A), penalty, paragraph (b), `C or'-- 1
omit. 2
(2) Section 69(1A), penalty, paragraph (c), `or B'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`, B or C'. 5
of new s 150A 6
Insertion
Clause 20. After section 150-- 7
insert-- 8
liaison committee 9
`Community
`150A.(1) A community liaison committee is established. 10
`(2) The committee is to be made up of-- 11
(a) 1 individual nominated by shooting associations; and 12
(b) 1 individual nominated by the firearms industry; and 13
(c) 1 individual nominated by primary producers; and 14
(d) 1 individual nominated by the police service; and 15
(e) 1 individual nominated by corrective services; and 16
(f) 4 individuals nominated by the Minister. 17
`(3) As soon as practicable after the commencement of this section or a 18
vacancy arises in the office of a member mentioned in subsection (2)(a) to 19
(e), the Minister must, by written notice, ask the appropriate entity 20
mentioned in subsection (2) to nominate an individual for appointment to 21
the office or vacancy. 22
`(4) If the Minister does not receive a nomination within the reasonable 23
time stated in the notice-- 24
(a) the Minister may nominate an individual; and 25
(b) the nominee is taken to have been nominated by the entity. 26
`(5) The members of the committee are to be appointed by the Minister. 27
s 21 12 s 22
Weapons Amendment
`(6) The function of the committee is to provide the Minister with advice 1
on the administration of this Act.'. 2
of s 151 (Disclosure by doctors and psychologists of 3
Amendment
certain information) 4
Clause 21.(1) Section 151(1), `This section'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Subsection (2)'. 7
(2) Section 151(1)(a), `or physical'-- 8
omit. 9
(3) Section 151(2), `may'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`must'. 12
(4) Section 151-- 13
insert-- 14
`(2A) If the doctor or psychologist changes an opinion of which the 15
commissioner was informed, and no longer considers a patient is an 16
unsuitable person to possess a firearm, the doctor or psychologist must 17
inform the commissioner of the change of opinion.'. 18
of new s 158A 19
Insertion
Clause 22. After section 158-- 20
insert-- 21
of information 22
`Confidentiality
`158A.(1) A person must not disclose, record or use information, 23
including information contained in any register under this Act, that the 24
person gained-- 25
(a) through involvement in the administration of this Act; or 26
(b) because of an opportunity provided by the involvement. 27
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 28
s 23 13 s 23
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`(3) However, a person may disclose, record or use the information-- 1
(a) in the discharge of a function under this Act; or 2
(b) if it is authorised-- 3
(i) under another Act or a regulation; or 4
(ii) by the person to whom the information relates; or 5
(c) to a court or tribunal, but only if it is necessary to do so for the 6
purposes of this Act. 7
`(4) In this section-- 8
"disclose" information-- 9
(a) means intentionally or recklessly disclose the information; and 10
(b) includes allow access to the information.'. 11
of new pt 8 12
Insertion
Clause 23. After part 7-- 13
insert-- 14
ART 8--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR 15
`P
WEAPONS AMENDMENT ACT 1998 16
licences 17
`Firearms
`173. A firearms licence in force immediately before the commencement 18
of this section is taken to have been issued for an indefinite term.'. 19
20
© State of Queensland 1998
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