Victorian Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 216

    (1)     If, before the commencement of section (3)(1)(c) of the Firearms and Other Acts Amendment Act 2010 , a licence was issued under Part 2 in respect of an imitation firearm and that licence is in force immediately before that commencement—

        (a)     the licence remains in force after the commencement until the date the licence would otherwise have expired; and

        (b)     while the licence remains in force and when acting in accordance with the licence, the holder of the licence is not liable for an offence under section 5 of the Control of Weapons Act 1990 in respect of the weapon.

    (2)     In this section, "imitation firearm" has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Control of Weapons Act 1990 .

S. 217 inserted by No. 2/2018 s. 35.