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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  
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