Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 3C(1) amended by No. 2/2024 s. 9.
(1) If the Chief Commissioner makes a declaration in relation to a firearm in accordance with section 3A or 3B, the Chief Commissioner may, on and after the relevant day, allow a person who, immediately before the relevant day, held a category A, B, C, D or E longarm licence and was in possession of the firearm declared to be of a particular category by the Chief Commissioner to—
(a) continue to be licensed to possess, carry or use the firearm under the person's existing category A, B, C, D or E longarm licence (as the case requires) until the earlier of the following occurs—
(i) the firearm is disposed of;
(ii) the person's licence expires;
(iii) the person's licence is surrendered, suspended or cancelled; or
(b) renew the person's category A, B, C, D or E longarm licence (as the case requires) in accordance with Part 2 for the purposes of continuing to be licensed to possess, carry or use the firearm under that licence until the earlier of the following occurs—
(i) the firearm is disposed of;
(ii) the person's licence expires;
(iii) the person's licence is surrendered, suspended or cancelled.
(2) The Chief Commissioner must notify, in writing, a person referred to in subsection (1) of the Chief Commissioner's decision.
Note
The Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000 applies to enable the Chief Commissioner to notify a person electronically, including by email, in accordance with that Act.
(3) In this section—
"relevant day" means the day on which a declaration made by the Chief Commissioner under section 3A or 3B is published in the Government Gazette under section 3A(2) or 3B(3) (as the case requires).