sec.154JApplication for exemption

sec.154J Application for exemption

An eligible licensee may apply to the commissioner for an exemption from the application of section 35 (1) (b) of the Act — to acquire the weapon as the person entitled to the weapon under the Succession Act 1981 , part 3 , division 2 ; and to the extent that section requires the licensee to hold a permit to acquire the weapon. The application must be— in the approved form; and made at, or sent to, a police station or police establishment; and accompanied by a copy of the document, if any, the applicant believes is the will of the person who died; and accompanied by an original or a copy of— a cause of death certificate issued under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 for the person who died; or a certificate or other document, issued under a law of this or another State, the Commonwealth or another country, that officially evidences the person’s death. The commissioner may grant the exemption if satisfied— subsection (2) has been complied with for the application; and the applicant is an eligible licensee. No fee is payable by the licensee in relation to the exemption. s 154J ins 2017 SL No. 117 s 13 amd 2017 SL No. 212 s 14 (sec.154J-ssec.1) An eligible licensee may apply to the commissioner for an exemption from the application of section 35 (1) (b) of the Act — to acquire the weapon as the person entitled to the weapon under the Succession Act 1981 , part 3 , division 2 ; and to the extent that section requires the licensee to hold a permit to acquire the weapon. (sec.154J-ssec.2) The application must be— in the approved form; and made at, or sent to, a police station or police establishment; and accompanied by a copy of the document, if any, the applicant believes is the will of the person who died; and accompanied by an original or a copy of— a cause of death certificate issued under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 for the person who died; or a certificate or other document, issued under a law of this or another State, the Commonwealth or another country, that officially evidences the person’s death. (sec.154J-ssec.3) The commissioner may grant the exemption if satisfied— subsection (2) has been complied with for the application; and the applicant is an eligible licensee. (sec.154J-ssec.4) No fee is payable by the licensee in relation to the exemption.

• (a) to acquire the weapon as the person entitled to the weapon under the Succession Act 1981 , part 3 , division 2 ; and
• (b) to the extent that section requires the licensee to hold a permit to acquire the weapon.
• (a) in the approved form; and
• (b) made at, or sent to, a police station or police establishment; and
• (c) accompanied by a copy of the document, if any, the applicant believes is the will of the person who died; and
• (d) accompanied by an original or a copy of— (i) a cause of death certificate issued under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 for the person who died; or (ii) a certificate or other document, issued under a law of this or another State, the Commonwealth or another country, that officially evidences the person’s death.