Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 140

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

        (a)     is a resident of a foreign country; and

        (b)     holds an interstate licence issued by a State or another Territory that authorises the individual to possess or use a firearm for the purpose of taking part in a shooting or paintball competition in the State or Territory; and

        (c)     comes to the ACT for the purpose of taking part in an approved shooting or approved paintball competition.

    (2)     For the authorised period, the individual is authorised to possess, or use, for the purpose of taking part in the shooting or paintball competition, the firearm for which the interstate licence is issued.

    (3)     However, the authorisation under subsection (2) is subject to compliance with any condition—

        (a)     imposed under the law of the State or Territory that issued the licence (the interstate condition ); and

        (b)     prescribed by regulation.

    (4)     If an interstate condition is inconsistent with a prescribed condition, the interstate condition has no effect to the extent of the inconsistency.

    (5)     An interstate condition is not taken to be inconsistent with a prescribed condition to the extent that it is capable of operating concurrently with the prescribed condition.