GQshayne wrote:No1_49er wrote:GQshayne wrote:Hmmmm..... it is noted on that list though. Dad has also had our local gunshop confirm the same. So we think it is exempt.
Note that items # 98 - 101(incl.) on the list are .577 for which it is noted that
Ammunition is Commercially Available. If I were you, Qld WLB would be a good place to start with queries about exemption. No good just thinking it's exempt; better to know for certain.
I appreciate your input, as this stuff can be confusing at times. Maybe I am interpreting this section wrong, but this is the wording of that schedule -
"The following table identifies ammunition that has been assessed and/or approved by the authorised officer as not commercially available."
So as I understand it, anything on that list is exempt. How have you determined the opposite??
Shayne, I believe that your interpretation might be shy of the mark.
Please understand that the list (which is by no means exhaustive) has a column headed [
Ammunition Status]. There are TWO descriptions therein: Ammunition
is Commercially Available, and, Ammunition
is NOT Commercially Available.
Immediately under the text you pasted from that document is this; "List of
approved or Non approved ammunition/calibres as at 11/03/2020".
Further, on that web page, there is a link to '
Antique Weapons', and from that is the following:
"You do not require a weapons licence or a permit to acquire to take possession of an antique firearm.
However, you should ensure that the firearm you intend to acquire fits the definition of an antique.
An antique firearm is defined under the Weapons Act 1990
as a firearm manufactured before 1 January 1901 that is either:
a muzzle loading firearm;
a cap and ball firearm; or
a firearm in which an authorised officer decides that ammunition is not commercially available.
From that last sentence, and from that WLB list (specifically line 101),
.577 Snider ammunition has been defined as being commercially available.
Therefore, a .577 Snider is not, for the purpose of Qld WLB licencing requirements, an antique.
As I have already said, "If I were you, Qld WLB would be a good place to start with queries about exemption. No good just thinking it's exempt; better to know for certain."