Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Chief Commissioner may grant a permit to an approved firearms collectors club that authorises each holder of a firearms collectors licence, whose name and licence number is specified in the permit, to display firearms and cartridge ammunition possessed or carried under his or her licence at the premises specified in the permit.
(2) The Chief Commissioner may grant a permit under subsection (1), if the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that the arrangements made for the secure storage of the firearms and cartridge ammunition while on display are adequate.
(3) A person who holds a firearms collectors licence and who displays firearms and cartridge ammunition at the premises specified in a permit granted under subsection (1) does not commit an offence under section 6, 7 or 8 or Part 6 when acting under or in accordance with the permit.
(4) A permit authorises—
(a) display of the firearms or cartridge ammunition at the premises specified in the permit and for the period specified in the permit; and
(b) carriage of the firearms or cartridge ammunition for the purposes of the display.
(5) A permit to display firearms or cartridge ammunition at the premises specified in the licence is subject to the conditions fixed in the permit.
(6) The Chief Commissioner may impose any conditions on the permit that the Chief Commissioner thinks fit.
(7) The conditions that the Chief Commissioner may impose on the permit under this section may include conditions for or with respect to—
(a) the circumstances in which the Chief Commissioner may cancel or suspend the permit and any other matters related to such cancellation or suspension; and
(b) the length or term of the permit and any related matters.
(8) An application for a permit must—
(a) be made in the manner and form approved by the Chief Commissioner; and
(b) be accompanied by the name and licence number of each holder of a firearms collectors licence who proposes to display firearms and cartridge ammunition at the premises specified in the permit.
(9) The applicant must pay the prescribed fee for such a permit.
(10) The holder of the permit must comply with the permit.
Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.
(11) A licence holder whose name is specified in the permit must comply with the permit.
Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.
(12) The holder of the permit must, before any firearms or cartridge ammunition are displayed under the permit, notify in writing each licence holder whose name is specified in the permit of the conditions to which the permit is subject (if any).
Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.