PROHIBITED WEAPONS ACT 1996 - SECT 4A Meaning of prohibited weapon—Act

PROHIBITED WEAPONS ACT 1996 - SECT 4A

    (1)     In this Act:

"prohibited weapon"—

        (a)     means—

              (i)     a weapon or thing described in schedule 1; and

              (ii)     a weapon or thing prescribed by regulation; and

              (iii)     something declared to be a prohibited weapon under section 4L; and

        (b)     includes a modified prohibited weapon.

    (2)     However, "prohibited weapon" does not include something declared not to be a prohibited weapon under section 4L.

    (3)     A regulation may amend schedule 1—

        (a)     by adding the name or description of a weapon or thing; or

        (b)     by amending a name or description of a prohibited weapon to more accurately describe the weapon; or

        (c)     by omitting the name and description of a prohibited weapon.

    (4)     In this section:

"modified prohibited weapon "means a weapon or thing that would be a prohibited weapon if—

        (a)     it did not have something missing from it, or a defect or obstruction; or

        (b)     something had not been added to it.