Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WEAPONS (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO. 2) 1996 (NO 18 OF 1996)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   1.      This Act may be cited as the Weapons (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1996.  
   2.      This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.  
   3.      In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Weapons Act 1991.1  
   4.      Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from the definition of “self-loading” in subsection (1) “dangerous” (wherever occurring).  
   5.      Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (1) (k).  
   6.      Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   7.      Section 28 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subparagraph (1) (a) (i) “a self-loading centre fire rifle of a military type or”.  
   8.      Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (6) (a) “as in force immediately before the commencement of the Weapons (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1996” after “92”.  
   9.      Section 57 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   10.     Section 58 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (2) (a) “as in force immediately before the commencement of the Weapons (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1996” after “92”.  
   11.     Section 77 of the Principal Act is amended—  
   12.     Section 92 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:  
   13.     Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting item 7 and substituting the following items: