by WildHunter » 14 Aug 2018, 9:28 pm
I know I've missed the boat here, but to clarify - I believe the question was posed by a Victorian? am I correct?
Anyways either way. IN VICTORIA, there is no waiting period for any subsequent firearm after one has been registered to any licence you have.
There is a 28 day waiting period for new licences.
I got my AB standard 28 days, my provisional Cat H, standard 28 days. My full cat H once again, 28 days, and My CDE and L, you guessed it 28 days! The waiting period begins once your application has been processed and approved. If there is something wrong and your application is denied or sent back for rectification it is done the day your application was processed, not 28 days later. Despite popular opinion, there are no background checks completed during the 28 days waiting period. These are done when the application is processed, the 28 days is simply a waiting period and nothing more. At the end of the 28 days your approval is sent out to you and pay, get your photo etc.
I had about 12 firearms registered to me when I put in Cat H PTA, it was approved straight away, well once it got to LRD. There was a two weeks of f***ing around period where my club sent my application back to me twice! Once to fill out a form that is not a legal requirement or issued from LRD but a club policy that said my safe meets criteria and I won't use my handgun for anything other than approved target shooting and the second time because I didn't write my date of birth somewhere. Information they had on file and could of filled in but no we'll post it back to him! Eventually it got to LRD and I had a PTA in the mail 4 days later.
My first Cat C firearm I put my PTA in with the licence. The f***ing semi-auto rifle was approved before my licence because I had to wait 28 days for the new licence but given I already had firearms registered to other licences the PTA was approved right away. It just wasn't sent out till I'd paid for my licence.
The quickest PTA I ever had approved was 15 minutes. Put it in at shop, walked out with a firearm 20 minutes later.
I will complain about the cost of $50 per handgun PTA
and I definitely will complain about the $9.20 per longarm PTA
Should be free and PTAs should exist!!!
30 guns and still not enough.