27   Interstate residents moving to this State

(cf APMC 4 (d))

(1)  A resident of another State or a Territory who is the holder of the equivalent of a category A or category B licence issued under the law in force in that State or Territory may notify the Commissioner in writing that he or she intends to reside on a permanent basis in this State.

(2)  If the Commissioner is notified in accordance with subsection (1), the equivalent of the category A or category B licence (as issued by the other jurisdiction) is, subject to any direction of the Commissioner, taken to be the corresponding licence in force in this State for a period of 3 months from the time the person notified the Commissioner or until the person’s application for a licence under this Act is granted or refused (whichever is sooner).

(3)  If a resident of another State or a Territory who is the holder of the equivalent of a category C, category D or category H licence notifies the Commissioner in writing that the person intends to reside in this State, the equivalent of the category C, category D or category H licence (as issued by the other jurisdiction) is, subject to any direction of the Commissioner, taken to be the corresponding licence in force in this State for a period of 7 days from the time the person notified the Commissioner.

(4)  After the expiry of any such 7 day period, any person:

(a)  who has duly notified the Commissioner in accordance with subsection (3), and

(b)  who applied for a licence before the expiry of that period,

      does not, while the person’s application for a licence is being determined by the Commissioner, commit an offence under section 7 or 7A in respect of the possession of a firearm.