Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Commissioner
may cause to be issued, in such form as the Commissioner may approve, a
document to be known as a Firearms Act Extract of Licence to identify a person
who —
(a) is
exempted by section 8 from the requirement to hold a licence under this Act;
or
(b) is
the holder of a licence granted, permit issued or approval given under this
Act; or
(c) is
an employee authorised, by an organisation to which is issued a Corporate
Licence, to possess, carry or use a firearm, major firearm part or ammunition,
setting out
particulars of the exemption or of the licence, permit, approval or
authorisation held by that person.
(2) Where a person has
actual physical possession, or (otherwise than by way of storage) the custody
or control, of a firearm, major firearm part or ammunition for a firearm, to
which any exemption, licence, permit, approval or authorisation relates and
that person has been issued with an Extract of Licence, that person —
(a) is
required to keep the Extract of Licence in their actual possession at all
times except if it is impracticable to do so; and
(b) is
required, on request, to immediately produce that Extract of Licence for
inspection by —
(i)
a member of the Police Force; or
(ii)
any person from whom the holder of the Extract of Licence
is seeking to obtain services in relation to that firearm, major firearm part
or ammunition.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $1 000.
(3) When seeking to
obtain ammunition for a firearm to which the exemption, licence, permit,
approval or authorisation in respect to which the Extract of Licence was
issued relates, a person to whom an Extract of Licence was issued is required,
on request, to produce that Extract of Licence, or cause it to be produced, to
the person from whom the ammunition is to be obtained.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $1 000.
(4) A person does not
commit an offence under subsection (2)(b)(i) if the person is not in
possession of the Extract of Licence when the request is made and, within 48
hours after being requested to produce the Extract of Licence, the person
produces the Extract of Licence for inspection by the officer-in-charge of any
police station.
(5) A person does not
commit an offence under subsection (3) if, when requested to produce the
Extract of Licence, the person discontinues seeking to obtain the ammunition.
(6) Regulations made
under section 34 may —
(a)
require that a photograph of the face of the holder be included on the Extract
of Licence, and provide for the manner in which that photograph is to be
supplied; and
(b)
require that an applicant for, or for the renewal of, a licence, permit,
approval or authorisation under this Act provide evidence of identity in a
manner approved by the Commissioner; and
(c)
provide for the use, and for the issue, expiry, renewal, return and
cancellation, of Extracts of Licence; and
(d)
limit the application of this section to prescribed circumstances, or in
relation to any specified case or class of case.
[Section 22A inserted: No. 59 of 1996 s. 41;
amended: No. 13 of 2022 s. 38 and 65.]