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Queensland
WEAPONS AMENDMENT
BILL 1999
Queensland
WEAPONS AMENDMENT BILL 1999
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 Amendment of s 33 (Interstate residents moving to Queensland) . . . . . . . . 3
1999
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Weapons Act 1990
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Weapons Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
1. This Act may be cited as the Weapons Amendment Act 1999. 3
amended 4
Act
2. This Act amends the Weapons Act 1990. 5
of s 33 (Interstate residents moving to Queensland) 6
Amendment
3.(1) Section 33(1) to (5)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`33.(1) This section applies if an interstate licence holder gives the 9
commissioner-- 10
(a) written notice of the person's intention to reside in Queensland-- 11
(i) for up to 1 year; or 12
(ii) permanently; and 13
(b) proof that the person is a current member of an approved 14
shooting club. 15
`(2) While the person resides in Queensland, the person's licence is taken 16
to be the corresponding licence under this Act in force-- 17
(a) from the day-- 18
(i) the person gives the commissioner the notice and proof 19
mentioned in subsection (1); or 20
(ii) if the person takes up residence in Queensland after giving 21
the commissioner the notice and proof--the person takes up 22
residence; and 23
(b) until it would otherwise expire under the law of the other State. 24
`(3) The commissioner must, by written notice to the person, promptly 25
acknowledge that the licence is taken to be a corresponding licence under 26
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Weapons Amendment
this Act while the person resides in Queensland.'. 1
(2) Section 33(6)-- 2
insert-- 3
` "interstate licence holder" means a person who-- 4
(a) is a resident of another State; and 5
(b) holds a licence in force under the law of the other State that 6
authorises possession of a category A, B, C, D or H weapon.'. 7
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