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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 174E

Chief Commissioner report on Part 4A matters

S. 174E(1) substituted by No. 10/2024 s. 19(2).

    (1)     As soon as possible after the end of each period of 3 months in any year the Chief Commissioner, in writing, must report to the IBAC listing the information set out in subsection (3) regarding the following—

        (a)     the firearm prohibition orders issued in the period;

        (b)     the applications for service direction determinations in the period;

        (c)     the service direction determinations made in the period;

        (d)     the applications for service search warrants in the period;

        (e)     the service search warrants issued in the period;

        (f)     the service search warrants executed in the period;

        (g)     the individuals detained under service search warrants;

        (h)     the service of firearm prohibition orders under Division 6 of Part 4A and under Division 7 of Part 4A.

    (2)     For the purpose of subsection (1), the first period of 3 months in any year begins on 1 January.

    (3)     A report under subsection (1) must set out the following information—

        (a)     the number of orders issued in the period;

        (b)     in relation to each order—

              (i)     the name and age of the individual to whom the order applies; and

              (ii)     the grounds set out in section 112E that were relied on to issue the order; and

S. 174E (3)(b)(iii) amended by No. 10/2024 s. 19(3)(a).

              (iii)     whether or not an application for VCAT review has been applied for;

S. 174E(3)(c) inserted by No. 10/2024 s. 19(3)(b).

        (c)     the number of—

              (i)     service direction determinations that were applied for and that were made in the period; and

              (ii)     service search warrants that were applied for, that were issued and that were executed in the period;

S. 174E(3)(d) inserted by No. 10/2024 s. 19(3)(b).

        (d)     regarding each application for a service direction determination, the reasons for making or not making the determination applied for;

S. 174E(3)(e) inserted by No. 10/2024 s. 19(3)(b).

        (e)     the number of times that power was exercised under service direction determinations and the circumstances in which the power was exercised;

S. 174E(3)(f) inserted by No. 10/2024 s. 19(3)(b).

        (f)     the number of premises entered under service search warrants;

S. 174E(3)(g) inserted by No. 10/2024 s. 19(3)(b).

        (g)     the number of individuals detained under Division 6 of Part 4A and the number detained under Division 7 of Part 4A;

S. 174E(3)(h) inserted by No. 10/2024 s. 19(3)(b).

        (h)     the number of firearm prohibition orders served under Division 6 of Part 4A and the number served under Division 7 of Part 4A and the circumstances in which the orders were served;

S. 174E(3)(i) inserted by No. 10/2024 s. 19(3)(b).

              (i)     regarding each individual who was the subject of the firearm prohibition order in each of the circumstances described in paragraphs (c) to (h), the following information—

              (i)     the name and age of the individual;

              (ii)     if the individual was an Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander, that fact;

              (iii)     if the individual was a person with a special vulnerability, that fact and the general nature of the special vulnerability;

S. 174E(3)(j) inserted by No. 10/2024 s. 19(3)(b).

        (j)     any other prescribed information.

S. 174F inserted by No. 2/2018 s. 30, substituted by No. 10/2024 s. 20.



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