Western Australian Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1973 - SECT 16B

16B .         Approval in relation to replacement or additional major firearm parts

        (1)         In this section —

        major firearm part does not include a magazine.

        (2)         The Commissioner may grant the holder of a Firearm Licence approval to possess, carry and lawfully use a major firearm part (the relevant major firearm part ) for the purpose of —

            (a)         enabling a major firearm part that the holder is entitled to possess, carry and lawfully use under section 16A, and that has become irreparably damaged or worn, to be replaced with the relevant major firearm part; or

            (b)         enabling the holder to possess, carry and lawfully use the relevant major firearm part in addition to the major firearm parts that the holder is already entitled to possess, carry and lawfully use under section 16A.

        (3)         An application for an approval under subsection (2) must be in the approved form.

        (4)         The Commissioner cannot grant an approval under subsection (2) unless the Commissioner is satisfied that the relevant major firearm part is capable of forming part of a firearm named and identified in the Firearm Licence referred to in that subsection.

        (5)         If the Commissioner grants an approval under subsection (2), the Firearm Licence referred to in that subsection must be amended by naming and identifying the relevant major firearm part in the Firearm Licence.

        [Section 16B inserted: No. 13 of 2022 s. 22.]