Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Firearms Act 1996 - SECT 56A

Permits to display firearms or ammunition collections-Approved firearms collectors clubs

56A. Permits to display firearms or ammunition collections-Approved firearms
collectors clubs



(1) The Chief Commissioner may grant a permit to an approved firearms
collectors club that authorises each holder of a firearms collectors licence,
whose name and licence number is specified in the permit, to display firearms
and cartridge ammunition possessed or carried under his or her licence at the
premises specified in the permit.

(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 and cartridge ammunition while on display are
adequate.

(3) A person who holds a firearms collectors licence and who displays firearms
and cartridge ammunition at the premises specified in a permit granted under
subsection (1) does not commit an offence under section 6, 7 or 8 or Part 6
when acting under or in accordance with the permit.

(4) 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.

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

(6) The Chief Commissioner may impose any conditions on the permit that the
Chief Commissioner thinks fit.

(7) The conditions that the Chief Commissioner may impose on the 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 such cancellation
        or suspension; and

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

(8) An application for a permit must-

   (a)  be made in the manner and form approved by the Chief Commissioner; and

   (b)  be accompanied by the name and licence number of each holder of a
        firearms collectors licence who proposes to display firearms and
        cartridge ammunition at the premises specified in the permit.

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

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

Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.

(11) A licence holder whose name is specified in the permit must comply with
the permit.

Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.

(12) The holder of the permit must, before any firearms or cartridge
ammunition are displayed under the permit, notify in writing each licence
holder whose name is specified in the permit of the conditions to which the
permit is subject (if any).

Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.