Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
section where the Commissioner receives a written application from any person
purporting to reside outside the State and purporting to be a responsible
officer of a bona fide shooting club or similar body or sporting organisation
conducting occasional shooting contests or activities the Commissioner may, if
he is satisfied that —
(a) the
members of the club, body or organisation are desirous of participating within
this State in any shooting contest or sporting activity; and
(b) the
members of the club, body or organisation are of good repute,
grant to the club,
body or organisation an interstate group permit.
(2) An interstate
group permit under this section —
(a)
shall be in the prescribed form;
(b)
shall be issued to the club, body or organisation on whose behalf the
application for the permit has been made;
(c)
shall set forth —
(i)
the names and addresses of the persons of the group in
respect of whom it is issued; and
(ii)
the day or days and the occasion or occasions in respect
of which it is issued;
and
(d)
shall be issued without the payment of a fee.
(3) An interstate
group permit issued under this section shall not be granted for any period in
excess of 28 days.
(4) Sufficient copies
of a group permit shall be issued to the applicant to enable him to furnish
each person named in the interstate group permit with a copy of the permit.
(5) An interstate
group permit entitles the persons named in the permit to possess or carry the
firearms named and identified in the permit and ammunition for that firearm as
if each such person were the holder of a firearm licence for the period
specified in the permit.
[Section 17A inserted by No. 61 of 1976
s. 2.]