Legislative Council
10 March 1999
 

 In reply to Hon. IAN GILFILLAN (9 February).

The Hon. K.T. GRIFFIN: The Minister for Police, Correctional Services and Emergency Services provides the following information:

1. The Government has recently made available to the S.A. Police additional funding to provide extra resources for the Police Firearms Section. The National firearms controls agreed to by the Australasian Police Ministers' Council require that the firearms licensing authority in each jurisdiction carries out checks on the suitability of every firearms licence holder upon each application for a firearms licence, each renewal of a firearms licence and each application for a permit to acquire a firearm. These checks, ensuring that only fit and proper persons possess firearms, are resource intensive. The Government, recognising that, has provided the funding for additional resources.

2. All recognised firearms clubs are required by the firearms legislation to provide the registrar with the names and addresses of the members of the controlling body and the office held by each member. The checks concerning the suitability of these office holders are the same as those carried out on licence applicants. An office holder of any recognised firearms club, including collectors clubs, would therefore, unless the registrar was satisfied that the office holder was not a fit and proper person to hold a licence, be considered suitable to carry out his/her duties with the club.

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