South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts17—Dealer's licence
(1) An application for
a dealer's licence—
(a) must
be made to the Registrar in the prescribed manner and form; and
(b) must
contain the prescribed information; and
(c) must
be accompanied by any certificates, declarations, references, reports or other
documents required by the regulations or by the Registrar; and
(d) must
be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(2) The Registrar may
require an applicant—
(a) to
furnish such further information as may be necessary to enable the Registrar
to determine the application; or
(b) to
verify by statutory declaration information furnished in relation to the
application.
(3) Subject to this
section, where an application for a dealer's licence is properly made,
the Registrar may only refuse the application if—
(a)
the Registrar is not satisfied that—
(i)
the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold such a
licence; or
(ia) a
close associate of the applicant is a fit and proper person to be a
close associate of the holder of such a licence; or
(ib) the
applicant is to be the person primarily responsible for the management of the
business intended to be carried on under such a licence; or
(ii)
the premises at which the applicant intends carrying on
the business of dealing in firearms or ammunition is appropriate for that
purpose; or
(b) the
applicant is not usually resident in this State.
(3a) A dealer's
licence does not authorise dealing in class C or D firearms unless it is
endorsed to that effect.
(4) A dealer's licence
is subject to—
(a) a
condition that the licensee must not deal in prescribed firearms; and
(b) any
conditions prescribed by the regulations; and
(c) any
conditions imposed by the Registrar.
(4a) The Registrar may
impose licence conditions pursuant to subsection (4) on the grant or
renewal of the licence or at any time during the term of the licence.
(4b) A licence
condition imposed pursuant to subsection (4)(c) during the term of the
licence does not operate until the Registrar has given the holder of the
licence (either personally or by registered post) notice in writing of the
condition.
(4c) The Registrar
may, on his or her own initiative or on the application of the holder of a
dealer's licence, vary or revoke a licence condition.
(4d) A variation or
revocation of a licence condition under subsection (4c) does not operate
until the Registrar has given the holder of the licence (either personally or
by registered post) notice in writing of the variation or revocation.
(5) A dealer's licence
that authorises dealing in ammunition but not firearms must be endorsed to
that effect.
(6) A dealer's licence
cannot be granted to a person under the age of 18.