❓ Hon Derrick Tomlinson questions a potential 55% increase in firearms licence fees due to a $12 photograph charge. Hon N.D. Griffiths denies the 55% increase, stating the $12 fee covers production costs and the yearly renewal is $22.
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(1) Will the minister confirm that by adding $12 to the fee for a firearms licence photograph, the fee will be increased by 55 per cent to $34? (2) What is the estimated increase in revenue in the current financial year and in a full financial year from this 55 per cent increase in the firearms licence fee? (3) Of that increased revenue, what portion is required to cover the cost of the photographs on the licences? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The fee for a firearms licence has not increased by 55 per cent. The cost for an extract of licence card is $12 over five years. The cost for a yearly renewal of a firearms licence is $22. (2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
(2) What is the estimated increase in revenue in the current financial year and in a full financial year from this 55 per cent increase in the firearms licence fee? (3) Of that increased revenue, what portion is required to cover the cost of the photographs on the licences? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The fee for a firearms licence has not increased by 55 per cent. The cost for an extract of licence card is $12 over five years. The cost for a yearly renewal of a firearms licence is $22. (2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
(3) Of that increased revenue, what portion is required to cover the cost of the photographs on the licences? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The fee for a firearms licence has not increased by 55 per cent. The cost for an extract of licence card is $12 over five years. The cost for a yearly renewal of a firearms licence is $22. (2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The fee for a firearms licence has not increased by 55 per cent. The cost for an extract of licence card is $12 over five years. The cost for a yearly renewal of a firearms licence is $22. (2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The fee for a firearms licence has not increased by 55 per cent. The cost for an extract of licence card is $12 over five years. The cost for a yearly renewal of a firearms licence is $22. (2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
(1) The fee for a firearms licence has not increased by 55 per cent. The cost for an extract of licence card is $12 over five years. The cost for a yearly renewal of a firearms licence is $22. (2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
(2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
(3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
(2) What is the estimated increase in revenue in the current financial year and in a full financial year from this 55 per cent increase in the firearms licence fee? (3) Of that increased revenue, what portion is required to cover the cost of the photographs on the licences? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The fee for a firearms licence has not increased by 55 per cent. The cost for an extract of licence card is $12 over five years. The cost for a yearly renewal of a firearms licence is $22. (2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
(3) Of that increased revenue, what portion is required to cover the cost of the photographs on the licences? Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The fee for a firearms licence has not increased by 55 per cent. The cost for an extract of licence card is $12 over five years. The cost for a yearly renewal of a firearms licence is $22. (2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
Hon N.D. GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The fee for a firearms licence has not increased by 55 per cent. The cost for an extract of licence card is $12 over five years. The cost for a yearly renewal of a firearms licence is $22. (2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The fee for a firearms licence has not increased by 55 per cent. The cost for an extract of licence card is $12 over five years. The cost for a yearly renewal of a firearms licence is $22. (2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
(1) The fee for a firearms licence has not increased by 55 per cent. The cost for an extract of licence card is $12 over five years. The cost for a yearly renewal of a firearms licence is $22. (2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
(2) There has not been a 55 per cent increase. (3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
(3) The $12 fee has been set on a strict cost-recovery basis; therefore, 100 per cent of the fee is required to cover all production costs.
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