National Firearms Program Implementation Act 1997 (Cth)
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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This Act may be cited as the
National Firearms Program Implementation Act 1997 .
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
In this Act:
amnesty period , in relation to a State, means the amnesty period that applies to the State under theNational Firearms Program Implementation Act 1996 .
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 for property surrendered by a person during the amnesty period;
(b) the compensation relates to firearms or other weapons certified by the Attorney-General (whether before or after the compensation is paid) to be firearms or other weapons whose surrender is consistent with the spirit of the national firearms program.
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.
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.
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