Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

PROHIBITED WEAPONS REGULATIONS (NO. 12 OF 1997)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      Citation  
   2.      These Regulations commence on the day on which section 4 of the Prohibited Weapons Act 1996 commences.  
   3.      In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—“Act” means the Prohibited Weapons Act 1996; “Registrar” has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act 1996; “security organisation” means a corporation within the meaning of the Corporations Law, or a partnership, which carries on a business of providing—  
   4.      The following are declared to be prohibited articles:  
   5.      (1) The Registrar shall not issue a permit unless satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to have possession of a prohibited weapon or prohibited article without danger to public safety or to the peace.  
   6.      It is a condition of a permit issued under the Act that a permit holder shall comply with any guidelines approved by the Registrar for the storage and security of the prohibited weapon or prohibited article to which the permit relates.  
   15.     The Schedule to the Act is amended—