Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Firearms Act 1996 - SECT 12

Reasons for applying for a longarm licence, category D

12. Reasons for applying for a longarm licence, category D



(1) The Chief Commissioner must not issue a longarm licence for category D
longarms unless-

   (a)  the applicant can demonstrate that the licence is required for one of
        the following reasons-

   (i)  professional hunting;

   (ii) an official, commercial or prescribed purpose or for a purpose
        authorised by an Act or regulations; and

   (b)  in the case of an applicant who requires the licence for professional
        hunting, the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that the quarry the
        applicant proposes to hunt cannot be hunted with any category of
        firearm other than a category D longarm.

(2) For the purposes of demonstrating that the licence is required for-

   (a)  professional hunting, the applicant must produce evidence that he or
        she is substantially dependant on hunting as a source of income and
        enters into formal engagements or contracts to hunt professionally;

   (b)  for a purpose specified in subsection (1)(a)(ii), the applicant must
        produce evidence that the licence is required for that purpose.