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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 137

Temporary recognition of interstate category C licences

    (1)     This section applies to an individual interstate licensee if the individual—

        (a)     is a resident of a State or another Territory and comes to the ACT for the purpose of taking part in an approved shooting competition; and

        (b)     holds an interstate licence that corresponds to a category C licence that authorises the individual to possess or use a firearm for the genuine reason of sport or target shooting.

    (2)     For the authorised period, the individual is authorised to possess, or use, for the purpose of taking part in the shooting competition, a firearm of a kind to which the corresponding local licence applies.

    (3)     However, the authorisation under subsection (2) is subject to compliance with any condition prescribed by regulation.



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