Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Firearms Act 1996 - SECT 18

Issue of junior licences

18. Issue of junior licences





(1) The Chief Commissioner may licence a natural person who is of or over 12
years of age and under 18 years of age to carry or use category A or B
longarms, category C longarms (being shotguns) or general category handguns of
the type specified in the licence for the purpose of receiving instruction in
the use of such firearms or engaging in sport or target shooting competitions.

(2) The Chief Commissioner must not issue a junior licence which authorises
the carriage or use of a category C longarm, being a shotgun, unless the
applicant can demonstrate that the licence is required for the reason of clay
target shooting.

(2A) The Chief Commissioner must not issue a junior licence which authorises
the carriage or use of a general category handgun, unless the applicant can
demonstrate that the licence is required for the reason of handgun target
shooting.

(3) For the purposes of demonstrating that a junior licence is required for
the reason of clay target shooting, the applicant must-

   (a)  be a member of a clay target shooting club or organisation approved by
        the Chief Commissioner; and

   (b)  engage in clay target shooting only at a place which is authorised by
        or under this Act as a place at which clay target shooting may take
        place; and

   (c)  demonstrate other prescribed requirements.

(4) For the purpose of demonstrating that a junior licence is required for the
reason of handgun target shooting, the applicant-

   (a)  must be and continue to be a member of an approved handgun target
        shooting club; and

   (b)  if the applicant is not, at the time of the application, the holder of
        a licence in another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth that
        authorises the carriage or use of handguns for the reason of target
        shooting, must, for the period of 6 months immediately preceding the
        application, have been a member of that club.

(5) In the case of a person who is applying for a junior licence for the
reason of handgun target shooting, the Chief Commissioner must not issue such
a licence to that person unless a nominated officer of an approved handgun
target shooting club of which the person is a member has, on behalf of the
club, endorsed the application.