Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

THE SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6    

Regulation 4F


REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF FIREARMS, FIREARM ACCESSORIES, FIREARM PARTS, FIREARMS MAGAZINES, AMMUNITION, COMPONENTS OF AMMUNITION AND IMITATIONS

PART 1 - TESTS  

4.   Police certification test  

4.1    
The importation of an article complies with the police certification test if:


(a) before the importation of the article, the importer was given a statement, in an approved form, by a relevant police representative to the effect that the importer holds a licence or authorisation according to the law of the relevant State or Territory to possess the article, or that a licence or authorisation to possess the article is not required under the law of the relevant State or Territory; and


(b) for a category C article - the importer has also been given a certificate, in an approved form, by a relevant police representative certifying that the importer is a primary producer; and


(c) for a category H article (except a category H article to which subitem 4.2 applies) - the importer has also been given a certificate, in an approved form, by a relevant police representative certifying that the importer:


(i) is a certified sports shooter for the article; or

(ii) is a certified international sports shooter for the article; or

(iii) is certified for business or occupational purposes for the article; or

(iv) is a certified collector for the article; and


(ca) the importer produces details of the article to a Collector, including:


(i) the make, model and serial number; and

(ii) if more than one article of the same kind is to be imported at the same time - the number of such articles; and


(d) the importer produces to a Collector:


(i) the statement in the approved form; and

(ii) if the article is a category C or category H article - the relevant certificate in the approved form.
Note

The importer can produce the statement, or statement and certificate, personally or by an agent, eg a firearm dealer.


4.2    
This subitem applies to a category H article if the importer of the article is the government of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.

4.3    
[ Omitted by SR No 60 of 2001]

4.4    
[ Omitted by SR No 60 of 2001]




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