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ATTORNEY GENERAL

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1097

Weapons Legislation - Compensation Payments

MR CORNWELL - asked the Attorney General

(1) What was the cost of compensation in 1992/93, under provisions of

the Weapons Act, for the surrender of firearms?

(2) What is the total cost of compensation to date and how many weapons does this represent?

(3) Were a number of deactivated Bren guns surrendered at one time

and, if so, how many and what was the compensation amount

paid for each Bren?

MR CONNOLLY - the answers to Mr Cornwells questions are as follows

(1) $106,000

(2) Total cost of compensation to date: $223,500 (Oct 1991- Dec 1993)

Number of weapons handed in for compensation to date: 474

(3) No person has handed in more than one Bren gun at a time,

although one person did hand in a Bren gun on two different

occasions, several months apart.

In total, eleven Bren guns have been handed in for compensation since October 1991, and the average amount paid out in compensation for these items is $3,327.

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