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the waiting period for people applying for a permit to acquire a replacement firearm or a second firearm in the category in which they already possess a similar firearm, then I would have thought about supporting it.
I recognise that the majority of people applying for these permits will be highly responsible and, for them, the enforced wait merely serves as an annoyance. However, I agree with the Attorney-General that the longer, 28-day period serves a useful purpose in some cases. In that case, I will not be supporting that amendment.
Amendment negatived.
Clause 25 agreed to.
Clauses 26 to 57, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 58.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (6.42): I seek leave to move amendments Nos 6 and 7 circulated in my name together.
Leave granted.
MR CORBELL: I move amendments Nos 6 and 7 circulated in my name together [see schedule 3 at page 2788].
These amendments are a result of amendments to important definitions in the Children and Young People Act. These amendments are necessary to ensure that the correct law applies to instances where firearms laws relate to minors.
Amendments agreed to.
Clause 58, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 59 to 67, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 68.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Stefaniak, do you wish to move your amendment?
Mr Stefaniak: No. My amendment No 2 has been defeated and this is consequential. This is my amendment No 5.
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services) (6.44): I move amendment No 8 circulated in my name [see schedule 3 at page 2789].
Government amendment No 8 ensures that schedule 3, licence categories and authority conferred, reflects the extended reasons available for category A and B firearms for minors firearms licences. It is consequential to the previous amendments.
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