NATIONAL FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 1997 

NATIONAL FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 1997 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.   Short title [see Note 1]    
2.   Commencement [see Note 1]    
3.   Definitions    
4.   Financial assistance for qualifying compensation paid by a  State   
5.   Nature of payments to States under this Act    
6.   Appropriation    

NATIONAL FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 1997

- LONG TITLE

An Act to provide for financial assistance in connection
with the implementation of the national firearms program, and for related
purposes

NATIONAL FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 1997
- SECT 1   Short title [see Note 1] 

 
        This Act may be cited as the National Firearms Program Implementation Act
1997.

NATIONAL FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 1997
- SECT 2   Commencement [see Note 1] 

 
        This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

NATIONAL FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 1997
- SECT 3   Definitions 

 
        In this Act:

"amnesty period", in relation to a State, means the amnesty period
that applies to the State under the National Firearms Program Implementation
Act 1996.
"national firearms program" means the program of measures agreed to
by the Australasian Police Ministers' Council at its meetings on 10 May 1996
and 17 July 1996.
"qualifying compensation" means compensation paid by a State, to
the extent to which the compensation meets the following conditions:

        (a)  the compensation is paid for property surrendered by a person during the
amnesty period;
        (b)  the compensation relates to firearms or other weapons certified by the
Attorney-General (whether before or after the compensation is paid) to be
firearms or other weapons whose surrender is consistent with the spirit of the
national firearms program.

"State" includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern
Territory.

NATIONAL FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 1997
- SECT 4   Financial assistance for qualifying compensation paid by a  State

(1)  The Attorney-General may authorise the payment to a State of amounts by
way of reimbursement for qualifying compensation paid by the State.
(2)  The Attorney-General may authorise the payment to a State of advances on
account of amounts that are expected to become payable to the State under
subsection (1).
(3)  If the total amount paid to a State under this section is more than the
total amount of qualifying compensation paid by the State, then the State must
repay the excess to the Commonwealth.
(4)  An amount payable by a State to the Commonwealth under subsection (3) is
recoverable by the Commonwealth as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

NATIONAL FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 1997
- SECT 5   Nature of payments to States under this Act 

 
        Payments to a State under this Act are by way of financial assistance to the
State.

NATIONAL FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 1997
- SECT 6   Appropriation 

 
        The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for payments under this Act.

NATIONAL FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 1997

- NOTES

Compilation Information

[GRAPHIC]National Firearms Program Implementation Act
1997
Act No. 149 of 1997
This Act was prepared on 21 April 2004
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,Attorney-General's
Department, Canberra
  
  
  

NATIONAL FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 1997

- NOTES

NATIONAL FIREARMS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 1997Notes to the National Firearms Program Implementation Act 1997

 

Note 1
Act No. 149, 1997; assented to and commenced 17 October 1997.