Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Firearms Act 1996 - SECT 58AAA

Permits to carry or use firearms held under a collectors licence-approved firearms collectors clubs

58AAA. Permits to carry or use firearms held under a collectors
licence-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 carry or use any
firearm possessed or carried under his or her firearms collectors licence at a
commemorative or historical event approved by the Chief Commissioner and held
at an approved shooting range.

(2) A person who is the holder of a firearms collectors licence and who
carries or uses any firearm held under a firearms collectors licence at a
commemorative or historical event in respect of which a permit has been
granted under subsection (1), does not commit an offence under section 6 or 7
when acting under and in accordance with the permit.

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

(4) 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.

(5) 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 carry or use any firearm
        held under his or her licence at a commemorative or historical event
        specified in the permit.

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

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

Penalty: 120 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

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

Penalty: 120 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

(9) The holder of the permit must, before the commemorative or historical
event in respect of which the permit is issued, 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.