- Printed Application Forms are available at Service Tasmania locations across the state.
- Where possible PDF application forms have been supplied in an alternate format, however, if you require a document in a specific format, please contact Tasmania Police, Firearms Services.
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Application forms
Licencing
- Application for Firearms Licence
- Application for Minor’s Permit
- Licence renewals – Are automatically printed prior to expiry of your licence and mailed to you for completion. Under the Firearms Act 1996, a renewal is assessed as if it was a new licence application and accordingly all relevant checks must be completed.
Registration
- Application for a Permit to Acquire a Firearm
- Application for Permit to Acquire a Pistol for Sport or Target Shooting
- Application for Approval for Prohibited Pistol
- Application to Register Firearm/s by Dealer
Other Applications
- Application for Club Exemption
- Application for International Visitor Exemption (under construction)
- Range Specification Requirements – Annex B
Supporting documents
Statutory Declarations
- Statutory Declaration – Primary Production
- Statutory Declaration – Category C applicants
- Statutory Declaration – Dealer’s Close Associates
- Statutory Declaration – Loss, theft or destruction of a firearm
- Statutory Declaration – Crossbow collector
Other documents
Information Sheets and other resources
Watch this page as new Information Sheets will be added:
- Information Sheet 1 – Firearms Licensing in Tasmania Overview
- Information Sheet 2 – Firearms Licence Application Process
- Information Sheet 3 – Firearms Licence Categories
- Information Sheet 4 – Reducing Firearms Related Risk
- Information Sheet 5 – Firearms Licence Holder Requirements
- Information Sheet 6 – Renewing a Firearms Licence
- Information Sheet 7 – Fit and Proper Person
- Information Sheet 8 – Minor’s Permit
- Information Sheet 9 – Surrendering Firearms & Amnesty
- Information Sheet 10 – Sale or Transfer of Firearm – by licence holder
- Information Sheet 11 – Registration of Firearms and Unregistered Firearms
- Information Sheet 12 – Inheriting Firearms
- Information Sheet 13 – Ammunition
- Information Sheet 14 – Genuine Reason 1 – Sport or Target
- Information Sheet 15 – Genuine Reason 2 – Recreational Hunting and Vermin Control
- Information Sheet 16 – Genuine Reason 3 – Primary Production
- Information Sheet 17 – Genuine Reason 4 – Animal Population Control
- Information Sheet 18 – Genuine Reason 5 – Animal Welfare
- Information Sheet 19 – Genuine Reason 6 – Business or Employment as a Firearms Dealer, Security Agent/Guard
- Information Sheet 19A – Genuine Reason 6 – Business or Employment as a Firearms Dealer Employee
- Information Sheet 20 – Genuine Reason 6A – Commercial Fishing
- Information Sheet 21 – Genuine Reason 6B – Paintball Business
- Information Sheet 23 – Genuine Reason 8 – Show or Exhibition
- Information Sheet 25 – Storage of Category A and B Firearms
- Information Sheet 26 – Storage of Category C and D Firearms
- Information Sheet 27 – Storage of Category H or 10 or more Firearms
- Information Sheet 28 – Electronic Security Device
- Information Sheet 29 – Conveying Firearms and Ammunition
- Information Sheet 30 – Conveying Prohibited Firearms
- Information Sheet 32 – Firearms dealer licence
- Information Sheet 34 – Dealer Advice- Amnesty Surrender and What Next
- Information Sheet 35 – Dealer Advice – Prohibited Firearms and Pistols
- Information Sheet 38 – Firearm Licence – Heirlooms
- Information Sheet 39 – Interstate and International Licences – Visitors and Change of Residence
- Information Sheet 40 – Permit to Acquire Firearms
- Information Sheet 41 – Acquiring a Pistol
- Information Sheet 43 – Firearms Licence – Suspended
- Information Sheet 44 – Cancellation of Firearms Licence
- Information Sheet 47 – Firearms – Club Reporting Requirements
- Information Sheet 48 – Firearms Reporting: Information for Health Professionals
- Information Sheet 49 – Health Professional Reporting Form
- Information Sheet 49A – Report by Medical Practitioner of Firearms Incident
- Information Sheet 50 – Firearms and Health Professionals
- Information Sheet 51 – Crossbows
- Information Sheet 62 – Club Exemption
- Information Sheet 63 – Gel Blasters
- Information Sheet 64 – Digital Blueprints of Firearms and Firearm Parts
- Information Sheet – Category C applicants (under review)
- Information Sheet – Information for Firearms Dealers (under review)
- Acceptable Methods of Identification
- Participation Rate Record – Category H (Pistol)
- Change in Particulars
- Landholder Permission for Licence Holder to Shoot on Property
- Firearms Categorisation Guidelines
- Firearms Categorisation Determinations
Legislation
Following the tragic events at Port Arthur on 28 April 1996, all states and territories agreed to implement nationally consistent legislation relating to the regulation and control of firearms across Australia. The implementation of the 1996 National Firearms Agreement (NFA) included a national compensation buyback scheme. The 1996 NFA was updated in 2017.
- 2017 National Firearms Agreement: https://www.abf.gov.au/prohibited-goods-subsite/files/2017-national-firearms-agreement.pdf
- Tasmanian Legislation: https://www.legislation.tas.gov.au/
- Firearms Act 1996
- Firearms Regulations 2006
Firearms Safety Training Course
The Commissioner of Police has approved TasTAFE to provide Firearms Safety Training Courses to firearms licence applicants in Tasmania. If your application been assessed and approved by Firearms Services, you should receive written approval to enrol and attend the Firearms Safety Training Course for the category of Firearm you have been given approval for.
You are required to enrol in a Firearms Safety Training Course within six (6) months of your letter from Tasmania Police, in order to be granted a Firearms licence.
Most Firearms Safety Training Courses are held over one day, including theory in a classroom followed by practical handling and firing on a Tasmania Police approve shooting range. Courses are held in a variety of locations across Tasmania, visit www.tastafe.tas.gov.au for further information.
*Security Industry Firearms Safety Training Courses are held over five days in Hobart.
Other Jurisdictions
Firearms registries in other jurisdictions:
- Victoria: www.police.vic.gov.au/firearms
- New South Wales: www.police.nsw.gov.au/services/firearms
- Queensland: www.police.qld.gov.au/programs/weaponslicensing
- Australian Capital Territory: www.police.act.gov.au/safety-and-security/firearms
- Northern Territory: www.pfes.nt.gov.au/Police/Firearms-Weapons
- Western Australia: www.police.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Our-agency/Police-Licensing-Services/Firearms
- South Australia: www.police.sa.gov.au/services-and-events/firearms-and-weapons
- Aust Govt: What weapons and firearms can you bring in? (abf.gov.au)