Queensland Consolidated Acts

WEAPONS ACT 1990 - SECT 13

13 Application for licence

(1) An application for a licence must be—

(a) made in the approved form and state the applicant’s reason for wishing to possess a weapon (the
"reason" ); and

(b) made personally, in the way prescribed under a regulation, by—

(i) if the licence is for an individual—the person; or

(ii) if the licence is for a body, whether incorporated or unincorporated—an individual nominated by the body for endorsement on the licence as the body’s representative in the conduct of its business or affairs; and

(c) accompanied by—

(i) the fee prescribed under a regulation; and

(ii) proof of identity to the satisfaction of an authorised officer; and

(iii) other particulars prescribed under a regulation; and

(iv) the other relevant particulars the person to whom the application is made reasonably requires.

(2) If the reason is sports or target shooting, the applicant must provide proof the applicant is a current member of an approved shooting club.

(3) If the reason is recreational shooting, the applicant must produce—

(a) written permission from a landowner authorising the applicant to shoot on the landowner’s rural land; or

(b) proof of current membership of a body prescribed under a regulation for this subsection.

(4) A body may be prescribed for subsection (3) (b) only if—

(a) it is a landowner of rural land; or

(b) it holds written permission from a landowner authorising members of the body to shoot on the landowner’s rural land.

(5) If the reason is an occupational requirement, the applicant must state why possession of a weapon is necessary in the conduct of the applicant’s business or employment.