Victorian Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 73

    (1)     The Chief Commissioner must not renew a dealers licence—

S. 73(1)(a) amended by No. 28/2003 s. 35(a).

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

        (b)     unless the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that—

S. 73(1)(b)(i) amended by No. 28/2003 s. 35(b).

              (i)     the applicant, all close associates of the applicant, all the responsible persons in relation to the application and any persons employed in the business are fit and proper persons; and

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

S. 73(1)(b)(iii) amended by No. 22/1998 s. 21.

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

        (c)     for any prescribed reason.

S. 73(2) inserted by No. 55/2014 s. 98.

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

S. 73(3) inserted by No. 55/2014 s. 98.

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