Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations

PROHIBITED WEAPONS REGULATION 1997 - REG 14

    (1)     The registrar must not authorise the possession or use of a prohibited weapon or prohibited article for the purpose of a theatrical or dramatic production or an historical re-enactment by permit unless—

        (a)     the theatrical or dramatic production or historical re-enactment in which the prohibited weapon or prohibited article is used is being staged by a theatrical, dramatic or historical society; and

        (b)     the person to whom the permit is to be issued is a performer in, or a member of the society staging, the production or re-enactment; and

        (c)     the person possesses the weapon or article for the purposes of the production or re-enactment; and

        (d)     the weapon or article is—

              (i)     lent or let on hire for the purpose of the production or re-enactment by a person who holds a permit in relation to it; or

              (ii)     lent or let on hire by a person who is ordinarily resident in a State or another Territory who is legally in possession of it under the law of that State or Territory.

    (2)     A permit issued in accordance with subsection (1) does not authorise the use of other than blank ammunition in the relevant weapon.