Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The amendment made to this Act by section 7 of the Firearms Amendment Act 2007 applies to any handgun licence that was in force immediately before the commencement of that section.
(2) The amendments made to this Act by sections 5(b), 6(2)(b) and (c), 12 and 13 of the Firearms Amendment Act 2007 apply to any application for a licence under Part 2 that was made, but not finally decided, before the commencement of that section.
(3) The amendments made to this Act by section 14 of the Firearms Amendment Act 2007 apply to a licence under Part 2 that was in force immediately before the commencement of that section.
(4) The amendment made to this Act by section 28 of the Firearms Amendment Act 2007 does not apply to applications made before the commencement of that section.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), the amendments made to this Act by section 9, 10 or 11(1) of the Firearms Amendment Act 2007 are not to be taken to affect a licence issued under section 21, 21A or 21B and in force immediately before the commencement of section 9, 10 or 11(1) of the Firearms Amendment Act 2007 (as the case requires).
(6) A licence issued under section 21B that authorises the possession or carriage of firearms that—
(a) were manufactured before 1 January 1900; and
(b) that use percussion as a means of ignition; and
(c) that take cartridge ammunition that is commercially available—
and in force immediately before the commencement of section 3(1)(b) of the Firearms Amendment Act 2007 , is to be taken to continue in force as if section 3(1)(b) had not been enacted, unless the licence sooner expires or is sooner cancelled or surrendered.
(7) The amendments made—
(a) to this Act by sections 51(a) and 51(b) of the Firearms Amendment Act 2007 ; and
(b) to Schedule 4 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 by sections 59(1) and 59(2) of the Firearms Amendment Act 2007 —
apply only to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of those sections.
(8) For the purposes of subsection (7), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one after the commencement of sections 51(a), 51(b), 59(1) and 59(2) of the Firearms Amendment Act 2007 , the offence is alleged to have been committed before the commencement of those sections.
S. 212 inserted by No. 21/2008 s. 11.