by No1_49er » 14 May 2021, 8:24 pm
You can buy it, but NOT take possession of it.
Arrange with the vendor to send it to your local/preferred Qld dealer, and advise them what to expect, as soon as possible. If you are buying it from a non-dealer, they will have to surrender it to their dealer, who in essence will be removing that firearm from the state registry, and have them send it to the Qld dealer.
Apply for your PTA on the Qld WLB web site. In Qld that is your responsibility. It's pretty easy and self explanatory.
You will specify on the application what the firearm is - make, calibre, what category, but NOT the serial number. The dealer will enter that onto their part of the PTA that they will return to WLB.
Because you are a Qld resident, you have to use the dealer to dealer interstate transfer system which means that as far as Qld WLB are concerned, you are buying from your Qld dealer and they have no interest in who the out of state vendor is.
Your dealer will undoubtedly charge you a transfer fee AND the prescribed 'Brokerage Fee' which is $10 + GST ($11). Best to check with your Qld dealer what their "transfer fee" is beforehand - they can charge whatever they like for that but the 'brokerage' is prescribed in law.
Hope that is clear.
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