Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1973 - SECT 30B

30B .         Loss, theft, destruction, or disposal out of the State, to be reported

        (1)         Where any person entitled under an Act of the State or the Commonwealth to possess a firearm or any ammunition —

            (a)         loses the firearm or ammunition, whether or not by theft; or

            (b)         becomes aware that the firearm has been destroyed, otherwise than by the authority of the Commissioner under this Act,

                that person is required, as soon as is practicable, to report the loss or destruction to the Commissioner.

        (2)         Where any person entitled under this Act to possess a firearm disposes of that firearm —

            (a)         in a place outside the State; or

            (b)         to a destination outside the State,

                that person is required, as soon as is practicable, to report to the Commissioner the details of the firearm concerned; the manner and date of its disposal; the name, address, and, in the case of a person other than a dealer in firearms, the birth date of any person taking possession of the firearm; and the number, expiry date and nature of any licence, permit or other authorisation to possess a firearm held by that person.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        [Section 30B inserted by No. 59 of 1996 s. 33; amended by No. 69 of 2004 s. 31.]