Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The registrar may, in accordance with any guidelines under section 37 (Minister's guidelines), do any of the following:
(a) declare something to be a firearm;
(b) declare an unregulated firearm to be a prohibited firearm;
(c) declare that something is not a firearm or prohibited firearm.
(2) A declaration remains in force for 3 months beginning on the day after the day the declaration is notified under the Legislation Act.
(3) A declaration is a disallowable instrument.
Note A disallowable instrument must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act.
(4) The registrar must also publish the declaration in a daily newspaper.