Tasmania

Category A & B

Safe’s construction must conform to one of the following:

  1. Safe is made from concrete OR
  2. Safe is made from metal at least 2mm thick (manufacturer’s paperwork or website should tell you).

Your safe must be hard to penetrate; Strong with good quality construction and materials

Your safe must be free from weak points like rusty parts or leverage points around the door / or the safe itself.

The hinges of your safe must conform to one of the following:

  1. The hinges are inside the safe when the door is closed OR
  2. If the door is locked and someone removes the hinges, is the door still unable to be opened?

Your safe’s weight or fixing must conform to one of the following:

  1. Safe weighs 150kg or more OR
  2. Safe is bolted or screwed down at least 4 times. For example:
    1. 4 times to wall or floor; or
    2. 2 times to a wall and 2 times to floor

Category C, D & H

Safe’s construction must conform to one of the following:

  1. Safe is made from concrete OR
  2. Safe is made from metal at least 3mm thick (manufacturer’s paperwork or website should tell you).

Your safe must be hard to penetrate; Strong with good quality construction and materials

Your safe must be free from weak points like rusty parts or leverage points around the door / or the safe itself.

The hinges of your safe must conform to one of the following:

  1. The hinges are inside the safe when the door is closed OR
  2. If the door is locked and someone removes the hinges, is the door still unable to be opened?

Your safe’s weight or fixing must conform to one of the following:

  1. Safe weighs 150kg or more OR
  2. Safe is bolted or screwed down at least 4 times. For example:
    1. 4 times to wall or floor; or
    2. 2 times to a wall and 2 times to floor

Go now to: Storage, Safekeeping & Transport – Tasmania Police Firearms Services

Effective 4 December 2017 & Firearm Storage Requirements For firearms licence holders, excluding dealers, who are bound by s 87 of the Firearms Act 1996: General If a firearm or firearm part is not being used, maintained, or conveyed it must be stored in a locked receptacle: Receptacles must not be easily penetrable