Victoria - Apply for Firearm License

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Procedure

1. Ensure you meet the eligibility criteria for holding a firearms license.
2. You will then need to identify why you want to have a firearm license and whether this is a legally permissible reason. The Firearms Act provides a number of 'genuine reasons' for holding a firearm license. You will need to provide evidence to demonstrate your genuine reason when you submit your application form (e.g. an original copy of the letter from the Department of Sustainability and Environment to hunt on Crown land or a copy of your Clay Target Shooting Club membership card).
3. You will need to check which type of license and which category of firearm correspond to your 'genuine reason'. This overview of the firearm categories and activities may assist you. Once you know which type of license and category of firearm you want, you will be able to complete the relevant license application form.
4. You will need to undertake the relevant Victorian Firearm Safety Course and arrange to have a full set of your fingerprints taken if the type of license you're applying for requires this.
5. New firearm license applicants will also need to supply the following when lodging their application:
   1. A range of certified identification documents totaling 100 points which includes at least one primary document
   2. An identification reference from a suitably qualified person who is not related to you by either birth or marriage and has known you for at least 12 months,
   3. A letter from your medical practitioner detailing any condition(s) that may affect your ability to hold a license (if required)
   4. A copy of your Victorian Firearm Safety Course certificate (if required)
6. After you have received confirmation that your application has been successful, you will need to pay the prescribed fee for your license at a bank. Some banks will charge for this service but the Westpac bank does not. You will then need to take proof of identification and proof of payment to an approved VicRoads photo point to have your photo taken. LRD will not accept passport (or other) photos that have not been taken by an official at an authorised photo point. The authorised photo point will send your photo to LRD electronically. You must complete this form if you cannot attend a Victorian photo point.

Note:You should not send payment for your license with your initial application.
Firearm License Application Forms: http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Document_ID=34468

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Required Documents

• license application form
• certified identification documents

Primary Identification Documents

• Full birth certificate (or change of name certificate)
• Current passport
• Passport which was not cancelled and was current within the preceding two years
• Citizenship certificates
• Diplomatic documents and official documents issued to refugees

Secondary Identification Documents

• Identification card issued by a tertiary education or authorised deposit taking institution (e.g. bank, credit union) where you have been a customer for at least 12 months
• Letter from an acceptable referee who has known you for at least 12 months
• Public service identification which includes your photograph and signature
• License issued under Australia law which includes your photograph and signature (e.g. driver license)
• Social security card which includes your photograph and signature
• Mortgage documents
• Land Titles Office document
• Letter from someone who employed you within the last two years that confirms your name and address
• Municipal Council Rates Notice
• Credit card statement
• Medicare card
• Telephone account
• Electoral roll compiled by the Australian Electoral Office
• Records of public utility (e.g. gas, electricity etc)
• Statement from a primary, secondary or tertiary education institution that you attended in the last 10 years that confirms your name and address
• Records from a professional or trade association (i.e. club, school, union etc) that confirms your name and address

Office Locations & Contacts

Victoria Police Centre Switchboard

• Monday to Friday, 7am to 7pm
• Phone: (03) 9247 6666
• Postal address:
  Victoria Police Centre
  G.P.O Box 913
  Melbourne, VIC, 3001
  AUSTRALIA
• General Enquiries: Report non-emergency crime incidents to your local police station. Find your local police station: http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Document_ID=7
• Recruiting: Recruiting Services processes all applications to join Victoria Police as general duties police and Protective Service Officers. We provide recruiting advice and support for applicants going through the recruiting process.
• Email: Recruiting

To find out more about a career with Victoria Police visit www.policecareer.vic.gov.au

• Police Record Checks

To make an appointment to have your fingerprints taken, or you are wishing to check the status of a submitted record check, please contact 1300 881 596 between 8am-4pm Monday-Friday.

• Firearms and weapons

Licensing Services Division is responsible for regulating and providing information regarding firearm and weapon related queries, including licensing, forms, permits and general enquiries.

• Email: Firearms and Weapons: [email protected]
• Private Security Industry

Licensing Services Division is the regulating authority of the private security industry in Victoria and can provide information about licensing, forms, permits and general enquiries. Issues involving security guards, crowd controllers or investigators should be forwarded to this Division.
Email: Private Security Industry: [email protected]

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Police behaviour: The Police Conduct Unit is responsible for actioning compliments and complaints about behaviour of members of Victoria Police.

• Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC)

IBAC is Victoria's first anti-corruption body with responsibility for identifying and preventing serious corrupt conduct across the whole public sector, including members of Parliament, the judiciary and state and local government.

IBAC also has a broad oversight role in relation to police personnel misconduct and an important education function to proactively assist public sector agencies to improve their systems and processes to prevent corrupt conduct.

• • Phone: 1300 735 135
  • Fax: (03) 8635 6444
  • Post: IBAC, GPO Box 24234, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
  • Website: http://www.ibac.vic.gov.au/

Eligibility

Individuals, organisations and government departments can hold a firearm license for a range of employment and leisure purposes. To be eligible for a license, you must be:

• A permanent resident of Victoria (or work with firearms in Victoria)
• A 'fit and proper person'
• Between 12 and 18 years of age (junior license) or 18 years and over (adult license)
• A 'non-prohibited' person (or have been deemed not to be 'prohibited' by a court)
• Able to demonstrate and maintain a 'genuine reason' for needing a particular license type

You must also successfully complete the relevant Victorian Firearm Safety Course if the license you are applying for requires this.

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External Links

Firearm License: http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/Licences/OtherLicences/FirearmLicences.htm
Victoria Police: http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Document_ID=34324

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