Property Registration

Welcome to Firearms Reform; an official WA Police Force Podcast.

Register your property. Commander Panaia and Claire are here to provide clarification on the registration of property and firearm permissions. Specifications regarding the number of permissions and other particulars of the reform are explored in this week's episode.

For any questions or queries related to the topics discussed on this podcast please contact our Licensing Enforcement Division at: 1800 894 474

You can find out more at: Licensing Services (Firearms)

For registration or changes in licensing please visit the portal: Firearms Portal

Transcript

Claire: 0:00

Welcome back to Firearms Reform, a WA Police Force podcast series. I'm your host, Claire Ciantar, and I'm joined by Commander Lawrence Panaia. Today, we'll be discussing property registration. And Commander, tell us a little bit about how you can go about that.

Lawrence: 0:18

Thank you, Claire. Obviously, property registration is done through our new firearms portal as well, which is why it's really important that people get registered and get into that system. Property registration is actually about registering a property on where firearms can be used. And obviously, that's a safety issue and something really important, I think, for everyone.

Claire: 0:39

And you touched on it briefly there, but why is it so important that people register these properties?

Lawrence: 0:45

Well, obviously, safe firearm use means using a firearm on a property that we know can take that calibre of firearm and for the reasons that they've outlined in their application. For example, properties that are large can take larger calibre firearms and properties that are small might need smaller calibre firearms. It's really important.

Claire: 1:06

And can you allow other people on the property to shoot or hunt?

Lawrence: 1:12

Yeah so there's two very important things that'll happen there. Once you register a property, the person registering that property and it's been approved as one that we can safely use firearms on, that's their authority, if you like, to be able to use firearms. And then they can actually issue hunting permissions to any number of other shooters or other licensed people.

Claire: 1:32

And there's mention of the word temporary permissions. Can you tell us a little bit about that?

Lawrence: 1:38

Yeah so there's a real distinction between the very first written permission they give. So a written permission is used to give life to a licence, if you like. Back in the old days, someone would have to bring a letter from a farmer to be able to shoot somewhere. This is that, just in electronic form, and that allows someone to get a licence. Once you've got that license and you're registered to that property, you can then get temporary permissions from any other registered property owners to shoot in short intervals. So those temporary permissions can last up to 14 days. A really important thing to remember, Claire, is that temporary permissions, they are given to people who already have a license. And that just gives them the ability to go to other properties to carry out their hunting activities for whatever purpose, euthanizing animals or hunting on the weekend. They don't have to be done in the portal. That's a permission between the landowner and the licensed shooter. And as long as it's done in a written form, which can be either text or email, it's completely valid.

Claire: 2:38

What happens if the issuer is no longer authorised?

Lawrence: 2:42

Yeah, so there's two really important parts. One is that if the property is deregistered, then we will contact those licence holders to tell them that they need to find another. And obviously, the property owner can withdraw those hunting permissions as well, and the same thing will happen. We will contact the licence holder to make sure that they've got another written permission.

Claire: 3:03

Now, back to that all-important portal that we've been talking so much about, can you explain the the process for registering a property.

Lawrence: 3:11

Yeah, so once they create their MyID account, they'll get into our portal. Once they're registered into our portal, they then click on the property registration tab and they'll need a Landgate number, which is Landgate ID, just to identify which parcel of land they're actually registering. And once they've got that, they can go through and register that land.

Claire: 3:30

Well, thank you, Commander Penaia, for joining us and explaining the property registration process. Do you have any final tips for our listeners?

Lawrence: 3:37

No, just remember to stay organised, keep your records up to date and that will make sure that we've got a smooth registration process when it comes to registering land and hunting permissions.

Claire: 3:47

Well, stay safe, stay informed and catch you next time on Firearms Reform.