Specified person test
The specified person test is applicable specific goods being imported for use in the importer’s employment or for legitimate purposes, such as display, testing, and re-sale to licenced entities.
Goods applicable to the test
The specified person test is applicable to the following items listed in Schedule 13 of the regulations
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body armour or any other similar article, designed for anti-ballistic or anti-fragmentation purposes and which is designed to be worn on any part of the body
Note: Helmets and anti-ballistic articles for hearing and eye protection and vest or plate carriers with no anti-ballistic or anti-fragmentation protection do not require Commonwealth import permission -
extendable or telescopic batons, designed or adapted so that the length of the baton extends by inertia, gravity, centrifugal force or pressure applied to a button, spring or device in or attached to the handle or baton; and their parts
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Anti-personnel sprays
and chemicals for use in the manufacture of anti-personnel sprays; grenades or canisters, designed for use with anti-personnel sprays or anti-personnel chemicals
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laser pointer, a hand-held good, commonly known as a laser pointer, designed or adapted to emit a laser beam with an accessible emission level of greater than 1mW.
How to Apply
All applications must be made in writing using a
B710 Form — Application for Permission to Import Schedule 13 Weapons. Standard permits are usually valid for six (6) months from the date permission is granted and for one (1) importation only.
Applications must be made prior to the importation of the goods. The assessment process takes approximately four (4) weeks from receipt by the processing office and may be extended if additional information is required or the application is considered incomplete.
You must also provide supporting documents with your application to demonstrate that the importation satisfies the specified person test.
Lodgement of an application does not guarantee permission to import will be granted and goods should not be forwarded to Australia until notified of permission to import in writing. Goods that are imported without a valid permit may be subject to seizure and disposal and importers may be prosecuted.
Required supporting documents / import conditions
You must provide the following supporting documents with your application:
- A copy of a licence or authorisation that demonstrates the importer is authorised to possess, use and/or deal in the goods for the importer’s intended use in accordance with the law of the State or Territory in which the goods are to be used if required
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If the goods are body armour for use in the importer's employment - a letter of appointment or other document from the employer confirming the goods are for use in the importers employment
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If the goods are extendable batons (or their parts) for use in the importer's employment as a security guard - a copy of the importer's current security licence and a letter of appointment or other document from the employer confirming the goods are for use in the importers employment
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If the goods are body armour, extendable batons (or their parts) or laser pointers are for legitimate purposes - documentation supporting the end-use is required
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If the goods are anti-personnel sprays or chemicals – evidence that the person importing the goods has entered into a contract for the use of the good with the governments of the Commonwealth, a state or a territory and that the contract is in force.
Applications submitted without all required supporting documents will not be processed.
Submit the completed B710 form and all supporting documentation to
fwp@homeaffairs.gov.au.
