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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 593 asked in the Legislative Council on 1 September 2021 by Hon Wilson Tucker

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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.]