Victorian Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 100A

    (1)     A licensed firearms dealer must not hire or loan a firearm to a person unless—

        (a)     the person is the holder of a licence that authorises the person to possess, carry or use the type of firearm sought to be hired or loaned; and

        (b)     28 days or more have expired since the issue of the licence referred to in paragraph (a); and

        (c)     the person possesses a registered firearm under the licence, that has been acquired before the hiring or loan takes place.

Penalty:     120 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

S. 100A(2) inserted by No. 44/2021 s. 18.

    (2)     A licensed firearms dealer must not hire or loan a firearm to a person for a period of more than 30 days.

Penalty:     120 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

S. 100B inserted by No. 44/2021 s. 19.