Collecting ammunition in Queensland

A prescribed ammunition collector may be a:

• museum
• the Returned & Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch)
• a sub-branch of the Returned & Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch)
• person who is a member of a collectors’ association approved by the Chief Inspector of Explosives.

A prescribed ammunition collector can purchase, possess, sell, transport and store collectors’ ammunition, but not import, export or use the ammunition.
They are authorised only while remaining a member of an approved collectors association.

Becoming approved as a collectors’ association

An association may apply to the Chief Inspector for approval as a collectors’ association.

To approve an association as a collectors’ association, the Chief Inspector must be ‘reasonably satisfied’ that the association:

• keeps a record of the name and address of each member of the association
• sends written correspondence to all its members at least once a year
• will, with the consent of the association’s members, make the names and addresses of its members available.

Currently approved collectors’ associations

These collectors associations are currently approved:

• Australian Arms Munitions and Militaria Historical Society Inc
• Arms Collectors’ Guild of Queensland Inc.
• Historical Arms Collectors’ Branch of the Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia
• Australian Cartridge Collectors’ Association
• 11th Light Horse Caboolture Troop & Military Museum Association Inc
• Firearm Designer Theamic Collectors Association Inc.
• Queensland Living History Federation
• Asset Firearm and Crossbow Club