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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 7 Hansard (26 June) . . Page.. 2669 ..
(b) the person cannot comply with the applicable minimum participation rate mentioned in the Firearms Regulations 1997, regulation 4A (2), table of shooting club participation rates because of the making of the Firearms (Prohibited Pistols) Amendment Act 2003; and
(c) during the amnesty period the person surrenders to a police officer-
(i) the licence; and
(ii) all registered pistols that the person is authorised to possess under the licence.
(2) The person is entitled to the compensation prescribed under the regulations for the pistols.
(3) The licence (and any other licence that authorises the person to possess a pistol for the genuine reason of sport or target shooting) is automatically cancelled on the surrender of the licence.
(4) The registrar must not issue to the person a category H licence for the genuine reason of sport or target shooting during the period of 5 years beginning on the day after the day the person complied with subsection (1) (c).
(5) This section expires on 1 January 2009.
136B Compensation for surrendered post-1946 pistols- licensed collectors not authorised to possess pistols
(1) This section applies to a person if-(a) the person acquired a post-1946 pistol before 1 July 2003; and
(b) the person was, immediately before 1 July 2003, the holder of a collectors licence that authorised the person to possess the pistol; and
(c) the pistol is registered; and
(d) the person ceases to be authorised under this Act to possess the pistol because of the making of the Firearms (Prohibited Pistols) Amendment Act 2003; and
(e) the person surrenders the pistol to a police officer during the amnesty period.
(2) The person is entitled to the compensation prescribed under the regulations for the pistol.
(3) In this section:
post-1946 pistol
means a pistol manufactured after 1946.136C Regulations to prescribe compensation for parts etc of surrendered pistols
(1) This section applies in relation to parts, accessories and ammunition for a pistol for which a person is entitled under this part to be paid compensation.(2) The regulations must provide for the payment of compensation to the person for the parts, accessories and ammunition surrendered by the person to a police officer during the amnesty period.
(3) For subsection (2), the regulations may prescribe-
(a) the parts, accessories and ammunition for which the compensation is, or is not, payable; and
(b) the circumstances in which the compensation is, or is not, payable; and
(c) the amount of the compensation or how the amount of compensation is to be worked out.
137 Regulations to prescribe valuation dispute resolution
procedureThe regulations must provide a procedure for resolving disputes about the value of pistols, and parts, accessories and ammunition for pistols, surrendered by a person to a police officer for which the person is entitled under this part to be paid compensation.
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