Further information

Personal history:

You must make admission to all charges. This includes if you have ever been charged in relation to both criminal and traffic offences.

The word charge means a charge in any form, including charge on arrest; or summonsed; or charged on indictment; or issued with a notice to appear. If you have been charged with an offence regardless of the court outcome this should be answered as ‘YES’. For example: convicted, convicted and fined, no conviction recorded, good behaviour order, bond.

A person wishing to hold a Weapons Act licence or any existing licence holder must demonstrate that they are fit and proper to hold a licence.

If there is some doubt as to the relevance of an event in an applicant’s personal history, it is better to disclose this information in the application to be assessed by the Authorised Officer. If the information provided is determined not to have an impact on an applicant’s eligibility, it will be disregarded.

Please note: It is an offence to state anything in a document kept, given or made under the Weapons Act 1990 that a person knows is false or misleading. Maximum penalty-100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.