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Tasmania Police Firearms Services
  • Obtaining a licence
    • Firearms licensing – General overview
    • Application process
    • Eligibility
    • Genuine reason to possess or use a firearm
    • Acceptable identification methods
    • Supporting evidence (proof)
    • Categories of firearms licence
    • Fees
    • Changing your licence (genuine reason endorsement)
    • International visitors
    • Interstate licences
    • Minor’s permits
  • Existing licence holders
    • Ammunition
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    • Disposal
    • Renewing your licence
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    • What happens when a firearms licence holder dies?
    • Reducing Firearms Related Risk
  • Information for Health Professionals
    • Reducing Firearms Related Risk
    • Firearms and Health Professionals
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  • Acquiring a firearm
    • Applying for a permit to acquire
    • Acquiring a pistol
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    • Heirloom firearms
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    • Modifying firearms
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  • Firearms dealers
    • Applying for a dealer’s licence
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    • Importing firearms
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Obtaining a licence

  • Interstate licences
  • Application process
  • Eligibility
  • Genuine reason to possess or use a firearm
  • Acceptable identification methods
  • Supporting evidence (proof)
  • Categories of firearms licence
  • Fees
  • Changing your licence (genuine reason endorsement)
  • International visitors
  • Minor’s permits
  • Firearms licensing – General overview

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