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Firearms licences · South Australia

Will I lose my firearms licence in South Australia because of my prescription?

There is no law on this

The short answer

No Australian firearms Act names medicinal cannabis. Every one of them has a fit-and-proper-person test and a health or public-safety discretion broad enough to consider it, which is why outcomes differ between states and between applicants.

General information, not advice. This page describes the law as at the last-checked date shown at the foot of it. It does not take your circumstances into account, and small differences in circumstances change outcomes. If a decision turns on this, speak to someone qualified about your own situation.

What the law actually says

VERIFY Open the Firearms Act 2015 (SA) and identify (a) the fit-and-proper-person test, (b) any provision permitting the registrar to consider the applicant's physical or mental health, (c) any obligation to notify a change in health, and (d) the review or appeal route from a refusal or revocation. Then check whether SAPOL Firearms Branch publishes a policy or a health-declaration form that addresses prescribed medicines. Record section numbers for each.

What happens if it goes wrong

VERIFY Record what happens on refusal or revocation in SA: surrender obligations, the timeframe, and the review route.

What to say

  • Answer any health question on a licence application accurately. A false declaration on a firearms application is a separate and more serious problem than the answer would have been.

What not to do

  • Do not omit it from a health declaration on the assumption nobody will check.
  • Do not assume another state's outcome transfers. These are eight separate schemes.

Sources

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Know Your Script, ‘Firearms licensing in SA and a medicinal cannabis prescription’ (South Australia), https://www.knowyourscript.com.au/firearms/firearms-licence-prescription/sa/ (UNVERIFIED DRAFT — not checked, not for citation).

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