Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Firearms Act 1996 - SECT 56

Permits to display firearms or ammunition collections

56. Permits to display firearms or ammunition collections



(1) If the holder of a firearms collectors licence (other than an antique
handgun collectors licence) or a firearms ammunition collectors licence
displays all or any of the firearms or cartridge ammunition in his or her
collection, whether or not at the premises specified in the licence or at any
other premises, the holder of the licence does not commit an offence against
section 6, 7 or 8 or Part 6 if he or she has first obtained a permit from the
Chief Commissioner to do so.

(1A) The Chief Commissioner must not grant a permit under subsection (1) to
the holder of a firearms collectors licence to display firearms or cartridge
ammunition at a premises, if an approved firearms collectors club has been
granted a permit under section 56A(1) that specifies the premises and the
licence holder's name.

(2) The Chief Commissioner may grant a permit under subsection (1), if the
Chief Commissioner is satisfied that the arrangements made for the secure
storage of the firearms or cartridge ammunition while on display are adequate.

(3) A permit authorises-

   (a)  display of the firearms or cartridge ammunition at the premises
        specified in the permit and for the period specified in the permit;
        and

   (b)  carriage of the firearms or cartridge ammunition for the purposes of
        the display.





(4) A permit to display firearms or cartridge ammunition at the premises
specified in the licence is subject to the conditions fixed in the permit.

(5) A permit to display firearms or cartridge ammunition at premises other
than the premises specified in the licence is subject to any conditions
imposed on that permit or on permits in the nature of that permit by the Chief
Commissioner.

(5A) The conditions that the Chief Commissioner may impose on a permit under
this section may include conditions for or with respect to-

   (a)  the circumstances in which the Chief Commissioner may cancel or
        suspend the permit and any other matters related to any such
        cancellation or suspension; and

   (b)  the length or term of the permit and any related matters.

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

(7) The applicant must pay the fee prescribed for such a permit.

(8) The holder of the permit must comply with the permit.

Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.