exporting De activated bren to Australia

[tuffbj70]

Any chance you could keep me informed of the legal process, I was under the impression that the import ban on military style weapons extended to deac's and anything containing any parts at all, yet occasionally I hear of it happening, or at least its intent. I'd been keenly interested in the process, for my own use at some stage... Cheers

I would like to know as well, I tried for 6 months to import a Deac Vickers in to Australia with no results becasue if you read the tests for import, no part of a MG can be imported appart for offical government use. Customs may let it in as it is a deac but it come under the duristiction of the federal attournies department. (just waided through my file, Prohibited import regulation 1956 Item 13 'no trigger barrel, bolt and select mechanism) even if welded" I would like to know snookey!

[newbieDAN]

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956


Light reading....

[peregrinvs]

Whilst we await developments, here are some pictures of my 1943 Lithgow that I have lurking in my Photobucket account.

[snookyyyy]

Hi All,

Just to give you an update. i have been in touch with Customs here and they inform me that it is legal to import the item as long as it is approved by the Attorney Generals dept and conforms to relevant state laws. I have contact them and am awaiting their reply. i will keep you posted. wish me luck!

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Omg !!!!!

[tbonesmith]

Best of luck with it!

[snookyyyy]

Well guys looks like it's over! response from the AG's dept below.....

UNCLASSIFIED

Good morning


I apologise for the delay in responding to your email. Under the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 (the Regulations), a firearm is classified by type and the import tests available to the firearm depend on that classification. Whether or not a firearm has been deactivated does not affect its classification. In essence, for importation purposes, a deactivated firearm is treated the same as a fully functional firearm of the same type.



A BREN machine gun is classified as an Item 12 article under Part 2 of Schedule 6 to the Regulations. Item 12 articles may be imported under the following import tests:

Official purposes test – allows an article to be imported for the official purposes of the government of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.

Specified purposes test – allows an article to be imported for a number of specified purposes, including use in the production of a film, research and development, transhipment to another country, etc.

Returned goods test – allows an article to be re-imported after being temporarily exported from Australia.



Unless you can satisfy the requirements of one of these three tests, you cannot be granted permission to import an Item 12 firearm. There is no provision for Item 12 articles to be imported for private collections.



Regards



James Messervy

Drugs, Firearms and Fraud Section

Attorney-General's Department

Ph 02 6141 2730

fax 02 6141 5463



oh well back to the drawing board! ok anyone know of any good replicas?

[xa-coupe]

aren't you making a film ??

[peregrinvs]

Wouldn't a Lithgow manufactured Bren pass the returned goods test?

[Brit plumber]

Wouldn't a Lithgow manufactured Bren pass the returned goods test?

Thats exactly what i was thinking, could 20 years be classed as tempory?

[snookyyyy]

No the Lithgow option doesnt work.....I tried that too....damm damm and blast!

anyone know of any good replicas/model BRENS? if I can't have the deac might as well go for the next option.