Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

FIREARMS REGULATIONS 1974 - REG 3BA

3BA .         Alternative application procedure for certain licences

        (1)         In this regulation —

        application means an application made under this regulation.

        (2)         Subject to subregulations (3), (4) and (5), a person may apply under this regulation (instead of under regulation 3A) for a licence if —

            (a)         the licence sought is a firearm licence, a firearm collector’s licence or an ammunition collector’s licence; and

            (b)         the person previously held a licence (the previous licence ) of that kind; and

            (c)         the previous licence last expired under section 9A of the Act during the period beginning on 31 May 2008 and ending on 16 May 2011; and

            (d)         the person failed to renew the previous licence after it last expired; and

            (e)         the Commissioner did not, during the period referred to in paragraph (c), serve the person with a notice under section 19A(2) of the Act in respect of that failure to renew; and

            (f)         the previous licence has been expired for more than 12 months.

        (3)         An application for a firearm licence or firearm collector’s licence cannot be made in respect of a firearm that, on the day on which the previous licence last expired, was not named and identified in the previous licence.

        (4)         An application for an ammunition collector’s licence cannot be made in respect of a quantity of ammunition exceeding the quantity (if any) that, on the day on which the previous licence last expired, was specified in the previous licence.

        (5)         An application cannot be made after 90 days after the day on which the Firearms Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2011 regulation 4 comes into operation  ¹ .

        (6)         Regulation 7(1) and (3) do not apply to an application.

        (7)         An application must be sent by post, or delivered, to the Western Australia Police Licensing Enforcement Division, 297 Hay Street, East Perth, Western Australia 6004.

        (8)         An application must —

            (a)         be in the form of Form 2A; and

            (b)         be accompanied by —

                  (i)         the fee in Schedule 1A item 1(a), 2(a) or 8(a) (as the case requires); and

                  (ii)         if under regulation 7A(1b) the applicant is also to be taken to have applied for the issue of an extract of licence — the fee in Schedule 1A item 10.

        (9)         The Commissioner may refund all or part of a fee paid under subregulation (8) if an application is unsuccessful.

        (10)         To avoid doubt, regulation 3A does not apply to an application.

        [Regulation 3BA inserted in Gazette 5 Jul 2011 p. 2826‑7.]