Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

FIREARMS REGULATION 2008 (NO 55 OF 2008) - REG 18

Note     The Act, s 65 restricts the issue of category D licences to adults who establish a genuine reason of vertebrate pest animal control to possess or use a firearm to which category D applies. The applicant must produce evidence satisfying the registrar of the special need to possess or use a category D firearm and that that special need cannot be met in any other way.

    (1)     This section applies to an adult applying for a category D licence if the adult's genuine reason is vertebrate pest animal control.

    (2)     Evidence of the size of the adult's property that may be produced by the adult includes the following:

        (a)     the number of properties involved;

        (b)     evidence of the size of the properties involved;

        (c)     the size of, and potential threat posed by, a particular vertebrate pest animal;

        (d)     how close any property involved is to a residential area.