Victorian Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 23

    (1)     The Chief Commissioner must not issue a firearms collectors licence—

        (a)     if the applicant or any responsible person in relation to the application is a prohibited person; or

S. 23(1)(ab) inserted by No. 52/2010 s. 8.

        (ab)     if the applicant is not ordinarily resident in Victoria; or

        (b)     if the applicant or any responsible person in relation to the application is under 18 years of age; or

        (c)     unless the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that—

              (i)     the applicant and all responsible persons in relation to the application are fit and proper persons; and

              (ii)     the applicant can possess or carry a firearm without being a danger to public safety or peace; and

              (iii)     the applicant can comply with the storage requirements set out by or under the Act; and

S. 23(1)(c)(iv) amended by No. 22/1998 s. 13(b).

              (iv)     the issue of the licence is not against the public interest; or

        (d)     for any prescribed reason.

S. 23(2) inserted by No. 55/2014 s. 90.

    (2)     An applicant, or a responsible person in relation to an application, is presumed not to be a fit and proper person for the purposes of subsection (1)(c)(i) if he or she is a declared organisation member.

S. 23(3) inserted by No. 55/2014 s. 90.

    (3)     A presumption under subsection (2) may be rebutted.