Victorian Numbered Acts

FIREARMS AMENDMENT ACT 2018 (NO. 2 OF 2018)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal Act  

   PART 2--AMENDMENT OF THE FIREARMS ACT 1996

   4.      Purposes  
   5.      Definitions  
   6.      Offence to possess, carry or use a longarm without a licence  
   7.      Traffickable quantity of unregistered firearms  
   8.      General discretion of Chief Commissioner to refuse a longarm or handgun licence  
   9.      Review of decision not to issue licence  
   10.     New section inserted after section 39  
   11.     Discretion to refuse to renew etc. licence  
   12.     Review of decision not to renew a licence  
   13.     Power of the Chief Commissioner to cancel a licence  
   14.     Review of a decision to cancel a licence  
   15.     Notice of Chief Commissioner's decision  
   16.     Exemptions from Part 2  
   17.     New Division inserted in Part 3  
   18.     Offence to carry on the business of dealing in firearms, consequential amendment  
   19.     Offence to possess parts etc. for the purpose of manufacturing firearms  
   20.     Prohibitions on advertising  
   21.     Offence to acquire or dispose of traffickable quantities of firearms  
   22.     New Part 4A inserted  
   23.     Storage of paintball markers, paintball marker licence  
   24.     Storage of paintball markers, dealers licence  
   25.     Offences as to possession, carriage or use of firearms in certain places  
   26.     New section inserted after section 131  
   27.     Forfeited firearms, consequential amendment  
   28.     Firearms Appeals Committee membership  
   29.     Procedure of the Committee  
   30.     New Part 10A inserted  
   31.     Exception to general power of delegation  
   32.     Consequential amendment of reference to VCAT  
   33.     Insertion of new section after section 182  
   34.     Indictable offences  
   35.     New section 217 inserted  
   36.     Amendment of Schedule 3, exemptions from licence requirements  
   37.     Amendment of Schedule 4, storage of paintball markers  

   PART 3--REPEAL OF FIREARM PROHIBITION ORDER PROVISIONS

   38.     Repeal of Parts 4A and 10A  

   PART 4--AMENDMENT OF OTHER ACTS

   39.     Amendment of the Control of Weapons Act 1990  
   40.     Amendment of the Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012  
   41.     Amendment of the Fortification Removal Act 2013  

   PART 5--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

   42.     Repeal of amending Act  
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