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Western Australia. 1973 ‘Firearm Collections.’ Firearms Act 1973 (Version 05-00-00, reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 13 February 2015); Section 15. Perth: State Law Publisher. 18 October

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15. Firearm collections

(1) For the purposes of this Act a firearm can form part of a genuine firearm collection only if, in the opinion of the Commissioner, it has significant commemorative, historical, thematic, or heirloom value.

(2) The fact that there is only one firearm in a collection does not prevent it from being a genuine firearm collection for the purposes of this Act.

(3) For the purposes of this Act, a handgun manufactured after 1946 can form part of a genuine firearm collection only if —
(a) it is owned by a person who is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, a student of arms as defined in subsection (4); and
(b) the handgun is within the scope of that person's interest as a student of arms.

(4) In subsection (3) —
student of arms means a person who can be shown to have a prolonged and genuine interest in the study, preservation, or collection of firearms.

(5) In considering whether a firearm has significant commemorative value, the Commissioner has to take into account any special significance that the firearm, or any firearm or firearms of the same kind as that firearm or of a related kind, has to a particular event in history.

(6) In considering whether a firearm has significant historical value, the Commissioner has to take into account any special significance that the firearm, or any firearm or firearms of the same kind as that firearm or of a related kind, has to a particular period in history.

(7) In considering whether a firearm has significant thematic value, the Commissioner has to take into account any special significance that the firearm, or any firearm or firearms of the same kind as that firearm or of a related kind, has to the development, manufacture, or use of firearms.

(8) In considering whether a firearm has significant heirloom value to a particular person, the Commissioner has to take into account any special significance that the firearm has because it was owned or possessed by a direct or indirect member of that person's family.

(9) In considering whether or not it would be appropriate for a person to obtain, or continue to hold, a Firearm Collector's Licence, the Commissioner may take into account any information provided about that person by a person or body designated under section 15A as an accredited society of collectors.

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