PROHIBITED WEAPONS ACT 1996 - NOTES

PROHIBITED WEAPONS ACT 1996 - NOTES

Dictionary

(see s 2)

Note 1     The Legislation Act

contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.

Note 2     For example, the Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

              •     ACAT

              •     ACT

              •     corrections officer

              •     Criminal Code

              •     director-general (see s 163)

              •     exercise

              •     found guilty

              •     function

              •     police officer

              •     registrar of firearms

              •     reviewable decision notice

              •     under.

"anti-ballistic" means resistant to the penetration of a projectile discharged from a firearm.

"anti-fragmentation" means resistant to the penetration of material discharged when an explosive device is detonated.

"body armour" means—

        (a)     an article that is designed—

              (i)     for anti-ballistic or anti-fragmentation purposes; and

              (ii)     to be worn on, or cover, the human body; but

        (b)     does not include any of the following:

              (i)     a helmet;

              (ii)     an anti-ballistic article designed for sight or hearing protection;

              (iii)     a vest or plate carrier designed to hold anti-ballistic or anti-fragmentation protection but without the anti-ballistic or anti-fragmentation protection included in the vest or plate carrier.

"connected "with an offence, for part 1B (Unregulated weapons)—see section 4CA.

"dispose", of a prohibited weapon or article, means sell, give away or otherwise transfer possession of the weapon or article.

"firearm"—see the Firearms Act 1996

, section 6.

"permit "means a permit under part 3.

"possession"—see section 3.

"premises" means the whole or any part of any land, building or other structure, vehicle, vessel, aircraft or place.

"prohibited article"—see section 4B.

"prohibited weapon"—see section 4A.

"registrar "means the registrar of firearms.

"reviewable decision", for part 3A (Notification and review of decisions)—see section 14.

"suppressor" means an article or device intended for use to muffle, reduce or stop the noise created by firing a firearm.

"unregulated weapon"—see section 4C.

Endnotes

1     About the endnotes

Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.

The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2     Abbreviation key