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1996
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
National Firearms Program
Implementation Bill 1996
No. ,
1996
(Attorney-General)
A
Bill for an Act to provide for financial assistance and other expenditure in
connection with the implementation of the national firearms
program
Contents
A Bill for an Act to provide for financial assistance and
other expenditure in connection with the implementation of the national firearms
program
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the National Firearms Program Implementation
Act 1996.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
In this Act:
amnesty period, in relation to a State, means:
(a) the period starting at the beginning of 10 May 1996 and ending at
midnight on 30 September 1997; or
(b) a shorter period determined in writing by the Attorney-General, on the
recommendation of the Minister of that State who is responsible for police
matters.
national firearms program means the program of measures
agreed to by the Australasian Police Ministers’ Council at its meetings on
10 May 1996 and 17 July 1996.
qualifying compensation means compensation paid by a State,
to the extent to which the compensation meets the following
conditions:
(a) the compensation is paid under a compensation scheme:
(i) set up by the State to implement the national firearms program;
and
(ii) approved by the Attorney-General in writing for the purposes of this
Act.
(b) the compensation is paid:
(i) for property surrendered by a person during the amnesty period;
or
(ii) to meet a claim for compensation for loss of business lodged by a
person during the amnesty period;
(c) the compensation relates to self-loading rifles, self-loading shotguns
or pump-action shotguns.
State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the
Northern Territory.
(1) The Attorney-General may authorise the payment to a State of amounts
by way of reimbursement for qualifying compensation paid by the State.
(2) The Attorney-General may authorise the payment to a State of advances
on account of amounts that are expected to become payable to the State under
subsection (1).
(3) If the total amount paid to a State under this section is more than
the total amount of qualifying compensation paid by the State, then the State
must repay the excess to the Commonwealth.
(4) An amount payable by a State to the Commonwealth under subsection (3)
is recoverable by the Commonwealth as a debt in a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(1) In addition to payments under section 4, the Attorney-General may
authorise:
(a) the payment to a State of other amounts in connection with the
implementation of the national firearms program; and
(b) other payments by the Commonwealth in connection with the
implementation of the national firearms program.
(2) The total amount that may be authorised by the Attorney-General under
this section cannot be more than a limit notified by the Attorney-General in the
Gazette. The Attorney-General must notify the limit before authorising
any payment under this section.
(3) A notice under subsection (2) cannot be amended or revoked.
Payments to a State under this Act are by way of financial assistance to
the State.
The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for payments under this
Act.