Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 139

    (1)     This section applies to an individual who—

        (a)     is a resident of a State or another Territory; and

        (b)     is the holder of an interstate licence that corresponds to a category C licence or category H licence; and

        (c)     notifies the registrar in writing that he or she intends to live in the ACT permanently.

    (2)     The interstate licence is, subject to any direction of the registrar, taken to be the corresponding local licence until the earlier of the following:

        (a)     the end of the period of 7 days beginning on the day after the day the individual notifies the registrar under subsection (1);

        (b)     if the person applies for a corresponding local licence before the end of the 7-day period—the day the registrar issues, or refuses to issue, the licence to the individual.