lionet wrote:My first PTA (Cat-A) took exactly 28 days from application to being issued (from 26/2 to 28/3) and then less than a week to turn up in the mail (I'm in Sydney). I was impressed after my 4-months wait on my license.
Then I lodged my Cat-B PTA on 12/4. IIRC Cat-A and B are considered the same thing for the cooling off so there should be none for me. Nonetheless it's 26/4 and still being processed. What's you guys' experience?
BTW, Both PTA app were online (from RMS web site)
Maybe they do it like Archie said, in batch, to save labour. In that case I agree with pomemax. If you already have an online system why bother with the darn mail...
Pretty much the same here mate first cat A issued on day 29. First Cat B applied for 2 weeks later and issued on its respective day 29. I have a second cat A in process which I applied for on 1 April but it hasn't moved (its day 29 will be this Sunday).
I have a feeling the waiting period is contingent on you actually "owning" a firearm in the required category not just having a PTA issued for one.
I filled those first two PTAs within a week of receiving them, but I'm yet to receive a registration certificate for either gun suggesting that they're not yet listed on FAR's computer as being mine.
Given the above, and that the third PTA looks like it will run out the "waiting period" too I'm thinking the registry hasn't caught up with itself to regard me as being in possession of firearms.
If we assume the waiting period exists so that someone with evil intentions is forced to think about things for a month before they can access a gun then I guess it makes sense that its only the fact that you
demonstrably have immediate access to one (ie have one registered in your name) which would inspire the registry to regard the waiting period as moot.
Or maybe I'm over thinking it and they're just slow as f***