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FIREARMS ACT 1996 (NO. 74 OF 1996)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I--PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principles and objects of Act
4. Interpretation
5. Amendment of Schedule 1 list of prohibited firearms
6. Application of Act
PART II--ADMINISTRATION
7. Registrar of Firearms
8. Functions of Registrar
9. Powers of Registrar
10. Delegation
11. Acting Registrar
12. Reports, recommendations and guidelines
13. Amnesty
14. Authorised instructors, authorised members and approved ranges
15. Approved clubs
PART III--LICENCES AND PERMITS
16. Offence of unauthorised possession or use of firearms
17. Licence categories and authority conferred by licence
18. Authority conferred by licence—additional matters
19. Applications for licences
20. Applications—request for further information etc.
21. General restrictions on issue of licences
22. Refusal to grant a licence
23. Genuine reasons for having a licence
24. Category B licences—restrictions on issue
25. Category C licences—restrictions on issue
26. Category D licences—restrictions on issue
27. Category H licences—restrictions on issue
28. Collectors licence—restrictions on issue
29. Heirlooms licence—restrictions on issue
30. Composite entity licence
31. Temporary licences—internationally protected persons
32. Proof of special need
33. Form of licence
34. Issue of licences to composite entities
35. Issue of copy of licence
36. Conditions of licence
37. Special conditions of licences issued for collection purposes
38. Term of licence
39. Suspension of licence
40. Suspension of licence on making of interim domestic violence order
41. Cancellation of licence
42. Surrender and seizure of firearms when licence suspended or cancelled
43. Temporary recognition of interstate licences for shooting competition purposes
44. Interstate residents moving to the Territory
45. General power to issue permits
46. General restrictions on issuing permits
47. General provisions relating to permits
48. Permits to acquire firearms
49. Minor's firearms permits
PART IV--REGISTRATION OF FIREARMS
50. Register of Firearms
51. Registration of firearms
52. Cancellation of registration
53. Unregistered firearms
54. Requirements relating to registered firearms
55. Alteration of notice of registration
56. Application of Division
57. Application for endorsement
58. Approval of application
59. Endorsement
60. Cancellation of endorsement
61. Endorsements—notification of change of particulars
PART V--SAFE KEEPING OF FIREARMS
62. General requirements
63. Category A and B licence requirements
64. Category C, D and H licence requirements
65. Seizure of firearms if storage requirements not met
PART VI--FIREARMS DEALERS
66. Firearms dealers required to be licensed
67. Restrictions on sale etc. of firearms by dealers
68. Recording of transactions
69. Quarterly returns
70. Additional requirements for dealers
71. Security of displayed firearms
72. Interstate transactions between dealers
PART VII--POWERS OF ENTRY, SEARCH AND SEIZURE
73. Interpretation
74. Powers of entry, search etc.
75. Search of persons, vehicles, vessels—without warrant
76. Consent to entry and inspection
77. Search warrants
78. Forfeiture etc. of firearms
PART VIII--MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES
79. Obstruction of police officers
80. Discharge etc. of firearm—public places etc.
81. Discharge of firearm—general
82. Carriage or use of firearm—disregard for safety
83. Buying of firearms
84. Restrictions on sale and purchase of firearms
85. Use of mail for sending firearms
86. Use of mail for sending firearms outside the Territory
87. Advertising sale of firearms
88. Means of delivering possession of firearms
89. Transport of firearms and ammunition
90. Transporting prohibited firearms or pistols
91. Possession of spare barrels for firearms
92. “On-the-spot” inspection of firearms by police
93. Disposal of firearms by unauthorised holders
94. Unsafe firearms
95. Shortening firearms
96. Converting firearms
97. Restrictions where alcohol or other drugs concerned
98. Sale and purchase of ammunition
99. Possession of ammunition
100. Modification of firearms
101. Approval of modifications
102. Defacing or altering identification marks
103. Pawning of firearms
104. Production of licence or permit on demand
105. Possession of firearm under another licence
106. Requirement to notify change of address
107. False or misleading applications
108. Misuse of licences and permits
109. Altering or falsifying records
110. Lost, destroyed or stolen firearms
PART IX--FIREARMS PROHIBITION ORDERS FIREARMS
111. (1) The Registrar may make an order prohibiting a person from having possession of or using a firearm if, in the opinion of the Registrar, the person is not fit, in the public interest, to be permitted to have possession of a firearm.
112. Effect of firearms prohibition order
PART X--REVIEW OF DECISIONS
113. Review of decisions
114. Notification of decisions
PART XI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
115. Disclosure by doctors of certain information
116. Disposal of surrendered or seized firearms
117. Disposal of uncollected firearms
118. Certificates of safety
119. Conduct of directors, servants and agents
120. Third-party interests—complaints to Registrar
121. Investigations
122. Offences by corporations
123. Service of notices
124. Evidentiary certificates
125. Power of Minister to determine fees
126. Regulations
127. Repeal
128. Review of Act
PART XII--SAVINGS, TRANSITIONAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS
129. Interpretation
130. Declaration of approved clubs
131. Licences
132. Extended application of section 38
133. Pending applications for licences
134. Requirements of applicants for certain licences
135. Existing exemptions under the former Act
136. Consequential amendments of other Acts
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
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