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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Firearms (Amendment) Act 2003
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 2
3. Conditions applying to handgun licences 2
4. Conditions applying to junior licences 3
5. Licence cancellation powers 5
6. Surrender of handguns for failure to comply with certain licence
conditions 5
7. Permits to store handguns 6
8. Powers of authorised officers under the Conservation, Forests
6
and Lands Act 1987
ENDNOTES 7
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Initiated in Assembly 5 November 2003
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A BILL
to amend the Firearms Act 1996 and for other purposes.
Firearms (Amendment) Act 2003
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the Firearms
Act 1996 to make further provision in relation to
the requirements for participation in handgun
5 target shoots and approved handgun target
shooting matches and to make other minor
amendments to that Act.
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2. Commencement
(1) Sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 come into operation on
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the day on which section 10 of the Firearms
(Trafficking and Handgun Control) Act 2003
5 comes into operation.
(2) The remaining provisions of this Act come into
operation on the day after the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
3. Conditions applying to handgun licences
10 See: (1) In section 16(3) of the Firearms Act 1996--
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66/1996.
(a) for paragraph (b) substitute--
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"(b) that holder does not, under the licence,
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15 class of handgun--";
30/1999,
41/2000,
44/2001, (b) in paragraph (d), for "organised by approved
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handgun target shooting clubs" substitute
9/2003 and
28/2003. "that comply with sub-section (8) or
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(2) In section 16(5) of the Firearms Act 1996--
(a) for paragraph (b) substitute--
"(b) that holder does, under the licence,
possess, carry or use general category
25 handguns of more than one specified
class of handgun--";
(b) in paragraph (c), for "class of handgun
possessed by the holder" substitute
"specified class of handgun in which the
30 holder possesses, carries or uses handguns";
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(c) in paragraph (d)(ii), for "organised by
approved handgun target shooting clubs"
substitute "that comply with sub-section (8)
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or competitive approved handgun target
5 shooting matches".
(3) After section 16(7) of the Firearms Act 1996
insert--
'(8) For the purposes of this section and
section 19, a handgun target shoot must be--
10 (a) a shoot conducted for the purposes of
preparation for participation in an
approved handgun target shooting
match; and
(b) organised by an approved handgun
15 target shooting club; and
(c) conducted on an approved shooting
range.
(9) In this section, "specified class of
handgun" means any of the following--
20 (a) any of the classes of general category
handgun that are prescribed for the
purposes of this section;
(b) the class of general category handgun
that is comprised by those handguns
25 that do not form part of any class of
handgun prescribed under
paragraph (a).'.
4. Conditions applying to junior licences
(1) In section 19(2) of the Firearms Act 1996--
30 (a) in paragraph (b)--
(i) for "if the holder does not carry or use
more than one class of handguns"
substitute "if the holder does not,
under the licence, carry or use general
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category handguns of more than one
specified class of handgun";
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(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), for "organised by
approved handgun target shooting
5 clubs" substitute "that comply with
section 16(8) or competitive approved
handgun target shooting matches";
(b) in paragraph (c)--
(i) for "if the holder does carry or use
10 more than one class of handguns"
substitute "if the holder does, under the
licence, carry or use general category
handguns of more than one specified
class of handgun";
15 (ii) in sub-paragraph (i), for "class of
handgun carried or used by the holder"
substitute "specified class of handgun
in which the holder carries or uses
handguns";
20 (iii) in sub-paragraph (ii)(B), for "organised
by approved handgun target shooting
clubs" substitute "that comply with
section 16(8) or competitive approved
handgun target shooting matches".
25 (2) After section 19(2) of the Firearms Act 1996
insert--
'(3) In this section, "specified class of
handgun" has the same meaning as in
section 16(9).'.
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5. Licence cancellation powers
In section 49 of the Firearms Act 1996--
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(a) in sub-section (1)(d), for "that is not the
condition set out in section 16(2)(b) or (c)"
5 substitute "that is not a condition set out in
section 16(3) and (4) or section 16(5) and
(6)";
(b) in sub-section (2), for "the condition set out
in section 16(2)(b)" substitute "the condition
10 set out in section 16(3) and (4)";
(c) in sub-section (3)--
(i) for "the condition set out in section
16(2)(c)" substitute "the condition set
out in section 16(5) and (6)";
15 (ii) in paragraph (a), for "sub-paragraph (ii)
of that condition" substitute "section
16(5)(d)";
(iii) in paragraph (b), for "sub-paragraph (i)
of that condition" substitute "section
20 16(5)(c)".
6. Surrender of handguns for failure to comply with
certain licence conditions
In section 52A(1) of the Firearms Act 1996--
(a) in paragraph (a), for "section 16(2)(c)"
25 substitute "section 16(5) and (6)";
(b) in paragraph (b), for "sub-paragraph (i) of
that condition" substitute "sub-section
(5)(c)".
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7. Permits to store handguns
(1) In section 121A(1)(b) of the Firearms Act
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1996--
(a) for "section 16(2)(b)" substitute "section
5 16(3) and (4)";
(b) for "section 16(2)(c)" substitute "section
16(5) and (6)".
(2) In section 121A(2)(c) of the Firearms Act
1996--
10 (a) for "section 16(2)(b)" substitute "section
16(3) and (4)";
(b) for "section 16(2)(c)" substitute "section
16(5) and (6)".
8. Powers of authorised officers under the
15 Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987
In section 153A(1)(c) of the Firearms Act 1996,
for "sub-section (1B)" substitute "sub-section
(1A)".
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Endnotes
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ENDNOTES
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