South Australian Numbered Acts

FIREARMS ACT 2015 (NO 46 OF 2015) - SECT 32

32—Permits to possess ammunition

        (1)         An application for a permit to possess ammunition—

            (a)         must be made to the Registrar in the manner and form approved by the Registrar; and

            (b)         must be accompanied by any documents required under this Act or by the Registrar; and

            (c)         must be accompanied by the application fee prescribed by the regulations.

        (2)         The Registrar may require an applicant to furnish any information the Registrar requires to determine the application.

        (3)         Subject to this section, the Registrar may only refuse an application for a permit to possess ammunition if the Registrar is not satisfied—

            (a)         that the applicant is a fit and proper person to have possession of ammunition of the kind to which the application relates; or

            (b)         that the applicant has a genuine reason to possess the ammunition.

        (4)         When granting a permit, the Registrar must not restrict the kind of ammunition that can be possessed unless it is, in the Registrar's opinion, necessary to do so in order to comply with subsection (3)

.

        (5)         For the purposes of subsection (3)(b)

, a person has a genuine reason to possess ammunition if the person—

            (a)         genuinely intends to possess the ammunition for—

                  (i)         a purpose for which the possession of a firearm is authorised under a licence held by the applicant; or

                  (ii)         a purpose prescribed by the regulations or approved by the Registrar; or

            (b)         has a genuine interest in collecting ammunition of historical or other significance and genuinely intends to possess the ammunition for that purpose.

        (6)         A person does not have a genuine reason to possess ammunition if—

            (a)         the person intends possessing or using it for the purpose of personal protection or the protection of another; or

            (b)         the person intends possessing or using it for the purpose of the protection of property in circumstances in which that purpose would not be a purpose for which possession or use of a firearm is authorised under a licence held by the person.

        (7)         Subsection (6)

does not limit the reasons which the Registrar may be satisfied are not genuine reasons for the purpose of justifying the possession of ammunition.

        (8)         A permit to possess ammunition is subject to—

            (a)         any limitations or conditions prescribed by the regulations; and

            (b)         any limitations or conditions imposed by the Registrar.