AUSTRALIAN
CAPITAL TERRITORY
1. Is
it a requirement that an ammunition collector in your state/territory be a
member of a cartridge collecting association such as the Australian Cartridge
Collectors Association (ACCA) or the International Ammunition Association (IAA)?
(1) No.
2. Which
section of your state/territory Firearms Act refers to collecting, selling,
buying or trading ammunition? (It is likely there is more than one section or
sub-section.)
(2)
Section 98 and 99 apply to ammunition.
2.
Could you provide me a photocopy of the
relevant section/s in your Firearms Act dealing with collecting, selling,
buying, trading or anything else to do with ammunition? (Or, if your Firearms
Act is available on the internet, could you please provide me the web address?)
(3)
See: www.legislation.act.gov.au
3.
If
an ammunition collector in your state/territory needs information from their
Firearms Registry regarding collecting, selling, buying or trading ammunition,
who is the best person (the most conversant member in your section in that area
of the legislation) they could speak with and their contact number?
(4)
Any member of the ACT Firearms Registry can
answer questions in relation to ammunition. The contact number is: (02) 6256
7747.
5. What
is the situation in your state/territory regarding collecting, selling, buying
or trading ammunition in the following situations:
a) someone with a Shooters
Licence?
b)
someone
with a Firearms Dealers Licence?
c)
someone
who does not have a shooters or dealers licence - they do not own any firearms
and collect ammunition only?
(5)
a.
Can only buy ammunition for firearms they have registered.
b. A licensed
firearms dealer can sell any kind of ammunition as long as it is not illegal ammunition.
c.
No licence is necessarily required
for the collection of ammunition as long as approval has been given in writing
by the Registrar of Firearms.
6.
In
the case of (a) above, is the ammunition they can collect, sell, buy or
trade dependent solely on which category of firearms their licence allows? For
example if they are only registered as owning .22LR rimfire firearms, is .22LR
rimfire ammunition the only ammunition they can collect? If this is so, what
does a collector then need to do to ensure they can collect, buy, sell or trade
other ammunition such as shotgun or centrefire cartridges in your
state/territory?
(6)
Only for dealers and licensed shooters.
7.
Does
your state/territory legislation have any special or unusual requirements for
individuals that collect, sell, buy or trade ammunition?
(7) This
would be on a case by case basis.
8.
What
are the storage requirements for ammunition in your state/territory? In other
words, how much security is required?
(8)
Storage of ammunition in the ACT is covered under the following section:
A:
POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION
Firearms Act 1996, Section 99 (6).
a)
Collectors of Ammunition must be authorised by the Registrar in writing
and shall store the ammunition in the following way;