FIREARMS
— LICENCE FEES
593. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer the minister to the most
recent increase to firearm licence fees, gazetted on 29 June.
(1) Was a time
and motion study conducted by the Western Australia Police Force prior to the
increase in licence fees?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) If no to (1), when was the last
time and motion study conducted?
(4) Will the minister please table the latest time and
motion study conducted to calculate the cost of administering firearms
licences?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Minister for Police.
The Western Australia Police Force
advises the following.
(1) Yes. The
firearms fees and charges administered by the Western Australia Police Force
are determined under a cost-recovery model. The model ensures that fees cannot
exceed the cost of providing the relevant service to the community. In half the
categories of firearms licence fees, the increases have been kept to below $50.
Note that the fee for a new firearms licence in Western Australia remains the
second-lowest overall of the Australian states.
(2)–(3) Not applicable.
(4) I table a list of fees and
charges.
[See paper 501.]