Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

PROHIBITED WEAPONS ACT 1996 - SECT 4L

    (1)     The registrar may, in accordance with any guidelines under section 4K (Minister's guidelines), do any of the following:

        (a)     declare something to be a prohibited article;

        (b)     declare an unregulated weapon to be a prohibited weapon;

        (c)     declare that something is not a prohibited article or prohibited weapon.

    (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.

Note     Daily newspaper —see the Legislation Act, dictionary, pt 1.