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Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 1998
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1. Objectives 1
2. Authorising provisions 1
3. Commencement 1
4. Principal Regulations 2
5. Substitution of regulation 17 2
17. Exempt devices 2
6. Insertion of regulation 19 2
19. Prescribed States for inter-state permit to acquire 2
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STATUTORY RULES 1998
S.R. No. 6/1998
Firearms Act 1996
Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 1998
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 28 January 1998
Responsible Minister:
BILL McGRATH
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
SHARNE BRYAN
Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are to amend
the Firearms Regulations 1997—
(a) to prescribe classes of devices that do not fall
within the definition of firearms; and
(b) to prescribe States for the purposes of the
definition of "inter-State permit to acquire".
2. Authorising provisions
These Regulations are made under sections 3 and
191 of the Firearms Act 1996.
3. Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
2 February 1998.
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4. Principal Regulations
In these Regulations the Firearms Regulations
19971 are called the Principal Regulations.
5. Substitution of regulation 17
For regulation 17 of the Principal Regulations
substitute—
'17. Exempt devices
For the purposes of paragraph (j) of the
definition of "firearm" in section 3(1) of the
Act—
(a) a cannon or field gun, by whatever
name, which has been constructed as a
piece of military ordinance and which
has a calibre in excess of 25 millimetres
and—
(i) which is rendered permanently
inoperable; or
(ii) for which fixed ammunition is not
commercially available; and
(b) a device which is designed for and used
to throw a net to catch animals
(commonly known as a cannon net)—
are prescribed classes of devices.'.
6. Insertion of regulation 19
After regulation 18 of the Principal Regulations
insert—
'19. Prescribed States for inter-state permit to
acquire
For the purposes of the definition of
"prescribed State" in section 3(1) of the Act
the following States are prescribed—
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(a) New South Wales;
(b) South Australia.'.
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NOTES
1 S.R. No. 32/1997.
Notes
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