Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956
THE SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Regulation 4F
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF FIREARMS, FIREARM ACCESSORIES, FIREARM PARTS, FIREARMS MAGAZINES, AMMUNITION, COMPONENTS OF AMMUNITION AND IMITATIONS
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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