G'day all,
First post here. I applied for my first PTA with my initial licence application mid March. I have been issued my plastic licence a few weeks ago. LRD have told me that the PTA is in line to be processed and as it was submitted pre-Covid shutdown the 28 day waiting period has been finalised. A couple of questions;
1. As this PTA application was on paper, will the dealer be able to see if the PTA has been approved on their online system, and if so can they sell me a firearm without the paper PTA?
2. Is it relatively safe to purchase a .22 rifle before the PTA has been approved? Are CAT A PTA denials common?
3. I guess LRD have quite a few PTA's to process at this time and as mine is a paper version it could be a while before I receive it in the mail. Does anyone know how long PTA processing is taking at the moment?
Thanks in advance