Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

FIREARMS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 17 OF 1999) - REG 5

    Regulation 29 of the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following regulations are substituted:

“29.     Applications for permits

“(1)     For the purposes of subsection 47 (1) of the Act, the prescribed manner of making an application is—

        (a)     for a permit under section 45A of the Act—by lodging it at the Firearms Registry in accordance with subregulation (2); or

        (b)     for any other permit—by lodging it personally at the Firearms Registry.

“(2)     An application for a permit under section 45A of the Act shall—

        (a)     be lodged at the Firearms Registry—

              (i)     not less than 30 days before the applicant's arrival in the Territory; or

              (ii)     within such shorter period as the Registrar allows, if the Registrar is satisfied that exceptional circumstances prevent, or have prevented, compliance with subparagraph (i);

        (b)     include the following information:

              (i)     the applicant's name, date of birth and residential address in the country in which the applicant resides;

              (ii)     the applicant's passport number, country of issue and date of expiry;

              (iii)     the number of the applicant's visa (if any) and its date of expiry;

              (iv)     the number of the applicant's firearms licence (if any), its country of issue and date of expiry;

              (v)     if the applicant is not the holder of a firearms licence—a certificate signed by the authority responsible for authorising possession or use of firearms in the applicant's country of residence to the effect that the applicant is lawfully entitled to possess or use in that country the type of firearm for which the permit is sought;

              (vi)     the make, model, calibre, action and serial number of the firearm for which the permit is sought;

              (vii)     if the applicant intends to import more than 1 firearm into Australia, details of the special need for the additional firearm;

              (viii)     the purpose for which the permit is required;

              (ix)     if the applicant intends to participate in a shooting competition in Australia—the date and location of the competition;

              (x)     the intended period of the applicant's stay in Australia;

              (xi)     whether or not the applicant, in the Territory, a State, another Territory or another country—

    (A)     has, within the period of 10 years before the application for the permit is made, been convicted of an offence prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 46 (3) (a) of the Act, whether or not the offence is an offence under a law of the Territory;

    (B)     is, or has been at any time within 10 years before the application for the permit is made, subject to an order or other restriction having the same or substantially the same effect as a protection order under the Domestic Violence Act 1986 (other than an order or other restriction which has been revoked);

    (C)     is subject to a recognisance to keep the peace or to a requirement having the same or substantially the same effect; or

    (D)     is subject to an order or other restriction having the same or substantially the same effect as a firearms protection order; and

        (c)     include the following documents:

              (i)     a copy of the applicant's passport that shows the information required under subparagraph (b) (ii);

              (ii)     2 passport size portrait photographs of the applicant;

              (iii)     3 samples of the applicant's signature.

“(3)     For the purposes of subsection 46 (5) of the Act, the Registrar may refuse to issue a permit if he or she is not satisfied as to the identity of the applicant.

“29A.     International visitors—form of temporary permits

    For the purposes of subsection 47 (2) of the Act, a permit issued under section 45A of the Act shall include—

        (a)     the permit holder's name and residential address;

        (b)     the purpose for which the firearm may be possessed or used;

        (c)     the category of licence that would be required to possess or use the firearm in the Territory;

        (d)     the make, model, calibre and serial number of the firearm for which the permit is issued;

        (e)     the conditions to which the permit is subject;

        (f)     the permit's expiry date;

        (g)     the name and telephone number of the issuing authority; and

        (h)     a recent photograph of the permit holder.”.