Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 62

An applicant for an adult firearms licence does not have a genuine reason to possess or use a firearm if the applicant intends to possess or use the firearm for—

        (a)     personal protection or the protection of anyone else; or

        (b)     the protection of property (other than in circumstances constituting a reason of a kind mentioned in table 61, column 2).