Victorian Numbered Acts

FIREARMS AMENDMENT ACT 2018 (NO. 2 OF 2018) - SECT 35

After section 216 of the Principal Act insert —

        "     217     Transitional provision—Firearms Amendment Act 2018—trafficking

The amendments made to this Act by sections 7 and 21 of the Firearms Amendment Act 2018 apply only to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of those sections.

        218     Transitional provision—Firearms Amendment Act 2018—possession, carriage and use of firearms in certain places

    (1)     The amendments made to this Act by section 25 of the Firearms Amendment Act 2018 apply only to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of that section.

    (2)     On the commencement of section 25 of the  Firearms Amendment Act 2018 , a permission of the Chief Commissioner—

        (a)     that was given under section 130(3), as in force before the commencement of section 25 of that Act; and

        (b)     that is in force immediately before the commencement of section 25 of that Act—

is taken to continue in force as if the permission had been given under section 130(3) as amended by section 25 of that Act.

        219     Transitional provision—Firearms Amendment Act 2018—applications for licences

    (1)     This Act as amended by sections 8 and 9 of the Firearms Amendment Act 2018 applies to any application for a licence to which section 17 applies, whether that application was made before, on or after the commencement of those sections.

    (2)     This Act as amended by sections 11 and 12 of the Firearms Amendment Act 2018 applies to any application for renewal of a licence to which section 42 applies, whether the application was made before, on or after the commencement of those sections.

        220     Transitional provision—Firearms Amendment Act 2018—suspended licences

Section 49 of this Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of section 13 of the Firearms Amendment Act 2018 , applies in the case of any licence suspended under section 47 in respect of which a decision has not been made by the Chief Commissioner under section 49 before the commencement of section 13 of that Act.".