Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Firearms Act 1996 - SECT 24

Firearms collectors register

24. Firearms collectors register



(1) A person who is the holder of a firearms collectors licence must-

   (a)  keep a register at the premises specified in the licence which has a
        record of the firearms kept under the licence and which is in the form
        approved by the Chief Commissioner; and

   (b)  enter prescribed particulars of any dealings in firearms held under
        the licence in the register within 24 hours after the dealing takes
        place.

Penalty: 120 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

(2) The Chief Commissioner may permit a person who is the holder of a firearms
collectors licence to remove a firearm from the register kept under this
section if that person is the holder of a longarm licence for category A or B
longarms or a handgun licence for general category handguns which entitles
that person to possess that firearm.

(3) An application for a permit under subsection (2) must be made in the form
and manner approved by the Chief Commissioner.