73RSL display permit

73 RSL display permit

73 RSL display permit

(1) The Commissioner may, on application by the secretary or other relevant office holder of—

(a) the RSL, or

(b) any club or association that is an affiliated member of the RSL or a member of the RSL and Services Clubs Association Limited,

issue a permit (an RSL display permit) authorising the RSL, club or association to possess and display, on the premises or other location specified in the permit, a firearm or firearms of a kind that has or have been used as a weapon of war.

(2) An RSL display permit is subject to the following conditions—

(a) any prohibited firearm subject to the permit must be rendered permanently inoperable in the same manner as a prohibited firearm that is subject to a firearms collector licence,

(b) any other firearm subject to the permit must be rendered temporarily inoperable by removing the bolt or firing mechanism and keeping it separate from the firearm in a locked container of an approved type, or by using a trigger lock of an approved type,

(c) all firearms subject to the permit must be displayed subject to such conditions concerning the security of the firearms as may be imposed by the Commissioner.

(2A) An RSL display permit also authorises anything that an ammunition collection permit authorises, subject to the same conditions as an ammunition collection permit.

(3) In this clause—

ammunition collection permit has the same meaning as in clause 74.

RSL means the Returned and Services League of Australia (New South Wales Branch).

cl 73: Am 2021 (314), Sch 1[13] [14].