Victorian Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 61

    (1)     The Chief Commissioner must not issue a dealers licence to an applicant—

S. 61(1)(a) amended by No. 28/2003 s. 31(a).

        (a)     if the applicant, any close associate of the applicant, any responsible person in relation to the application or any person the applicant is proposing to employ in the business is a prohibited person; or

        (b)     if the applicant or any responsible person in relation to the application is under the age of 21 years; or

        (c)     unless the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that—

              (i)     the applicant and all responsible persons in relation to the application and the persons the applicant is proposing to employ in the business—

    (A)     are fit and proper persons; and

    (B)     can carry on the business without being a danger to public safety or peace; and

              (ii)     the premises specified in the application are suitable to carry on the business of being a firearms dealer; and

S. 61(1)(c)(iii) amended by No. 22/1998 s. 18.

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

S. 61(1)(ca) inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 31(b).

        (ca)     unless the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that all close associates of the applicant are fit and proper persons; or

        (d)     for any prescribed reason.

S. 61(2) inserted by No. 55/2014 s. 97.

    (2)     A person referred to in subsection (1)(c)(i) is presumed not to be a fit and proper person for the purposes of subsection (1)(c)(i)(A) if he or she is a declared organisation member.

S. 61(3) inserted by No. 55/2014 s. 97.

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