FIREARMS ACT 1996

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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - NOTES

- As at 17 July 2009 - Act 46 of 1996

Does not include amendments by:

Security Industry Amendment Act 2008 No 113 (not commenced - to commence on 1.1.2010)

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   15 September 1998
Reprint No 2   10 September 2002
Reprint No 3   21 December 2004
Reprint No 4   14 October 2008

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Firearms Act 1996 No 46. Assented to 28.6.1996. Date of commencement (Parts 2-5, 7 and 8, secs 50, 51, 53, 54, 56-60, 62, 63, 65, 68-71, 78, 89 and 90, Sch 2 and Part 2 of Sch 3 excepted), 23.8.1996, sec 2 (1) and GG No 97 of 23.8.1996, p 4735; date of commencement of Parts 2-5, 7 and 8, secs 50, 51, 53, 54, 56-60, 62, 63, 65, 68-71, 89 and 90, Sch 2 and Part 2 of Sch 3, 1.7.1997, sec 2 (1) and GG No 40 of 18.4.1997, p 1994; date of commencement of sec 78, 1.10.1996, sec 2 (1) and GG No 110 of 27.9.1996, p 6517. This Act has been amended as follows:

1996	No 135	Firearms Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 16.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1]-[4], [48], [57]-[70], 20.12.1996, sec 2 and GG No 150 of 20.12.1996, p 8525; date of commencement of Sch 1 [5]-[47], [49]-[56] and [71]-[76], 1.7.1997, sec 2 and GG No 40 of 18.4.1997, p 1993. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 No 55. Assented to 2.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 2.6, assent, sec 2 (2).
1997	No 77	Administrative Decisions Legislation Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 10.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 5.13, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 969.
1998	No 48	Administrative Decisions Tribunal Legislation Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 29.6.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.6, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 970.
	No 149	Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement, 8.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 15 of 5.2.1999, p 391.
1999	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.24, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487.
2001	No 24	Firearms Amendment (Trafficking) Act 2001. Assented to 19.6.2001. Date of commencement, 1.7.2001, sec 2 and GG No 103 of 29.6.2001, p 4438.
	No 112	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001. Assented to 14.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002	No 47	Firearms Amendment (Public Safety) Act 2002. Assented to 4.7.2002. Date of commencement, 15.7.2002, sec 2 and GG No 116 of 12.7.2002, p 5222.
	No 53	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002. Assented to 4.7.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 2.14, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 103	Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.12.2005, sec 2 and GG No 45 of 15.4.2005, p 1356.
	No 107	Security Industry Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 2.2 [1] and [2], 31.1.2003, sec 2 and GG No 33 of 31.1.2003, p 599; date of commencement of Sch 2.2 [3], 28.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 33 of 31.1.2003, p 599.
2003	No 36	Firearms Amendment (Prohibited Pistols) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003. Date of commencement, 1.10.2003, sec 2 and GG No 154 of 26.9.2003, p 9516.
	No 38	Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Dangerous Goods) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 2.7, 1.9.2005, sec 2 and GG No 110 of 1.9.2005, p 6395.
	No 85	Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 5.12.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 5, 14.2.2004, sec 2 and GG No 12 of 16.1.2004, p 163.
	No 87	Veterinary Practice Act 2003. Assented to 5.12.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 3.11, 1.9.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 111 of 1.9.2006, p 7064.
	No 92	Firearms and Crimes Legislation Amendment (Public Safety) Act 2003. Assented to 10.12.2003. Date of commencement, 15.12.2003, sec 2 and GG No 196 of 12.12.2003, p 11174.
2004	No 91	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2004. Assented to 10.12.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 1.15, assent, sec 2 (2).
2005	No 11	Road Transport (General) Act 2005. Assented to 14.4.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 3.14, 30.9.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 120 of 30.9.2005, p 7674.
	No 63	Security Industry Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of sec 4, 1.9.2007, sec 2 and GG No 98 of 3.8.2007, p 5339.
2006	No 73	Crimes Amendment (Apprehended Violence) Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3.14, 12.3.2007, sec 2 and GG No 41 of 9.3.2007, p 1711.
	No 82	Firearms Amendment (Good Behaviour Bonds) Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 94	Police Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2006. Assented to 22.11.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3.12, 1.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 22 of 1.2.2007, p 575.
2007	No 80	Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007. Assented to 7.12.2007. Date of commencement, 10.3.2008, sec 2 and GG No 30 of 7.3.2008, p 1429.
	No 82	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2007. Assented to 7.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Schs 2 and 3, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 62	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 2.24, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 66	Firearms Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008. Date of commencement, 3 months after the date of assent (ie 1.10.2008), sec 2.
	No 112	Rural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 6.9, 1.1.2009, sec 2 (1).
	No 119	Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2009	No 56	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Assented to 1.7.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 1.16, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (2).

This Act has also been amended by regulations made under sec 5.

Table of amendments

Sec 4	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [1]-[4]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [1]; 2003 No 38, Sch 2.7; 2007 No 80, Sch 2.14 [1] [2]; 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2008 No 119, Sch 2.4 [1] [2].
Secs 4A, 4B	Ins 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 4C	Ins 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 6	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2003 No 85, Sch 5 [1]; 2008 No 62, Sch 2.24 [1] [2].
Secs 6A, 6B	Ins 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 7	Am 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [6]; 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [1]; 2003 No 85, Sch 5 [2]-[5].
Sec 7A	Ins 2003 No 85, Sch 5 [6].
Sec 8	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [5]-[17]; 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [7]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2004 No 91, Sch 1.15; 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [4] [5].
Sec 9	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [18] [19]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 11	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [20]-[22]; 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [8]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [6]-[8]; 2006 No 82, Sch 1 [1]; 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 12, Table	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [23]-[27]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [5]; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.11; 2007 No 82, Sch 1.9 [1] [2]; 2008 No 112, Sch 6.9.
Sec 14	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [28].
Sec 15	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [29].
Sec 16	Am 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [6].
Secs 16A, 16B	Ins 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 17A	Ins 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [30]. Am 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 17B	Ins 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 17C	Ins 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 18	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [31]-[33].
Sec 20	Subst 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [34]. Am 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [9] [10].
Sec 20A	Ins 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [35].
Sec 21	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [36] [37]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [11] [12].
Sec 22	Am 2006 No 73, Sch 3.14 [1] [2]; 2007 No 80, Sch 2.14 [3] [4].
Sec 24	Am 1997 No 77, Sch 5.13 [1]; 2002 No 107, Sch 2.2 [1]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [13]; 2005 No 63, sec 4.
Sec 26	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [38]; 2003 No 85, Sch 5 [1].
Sec 27	Am 2003 No 85, Sch 5 [1].
Sec 28	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [39].
Sec 29	Am 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [10]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [9] [10]; 2006 No 82, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 30	Am 2007 No 82, Sch 1.9 [3].
Sec 31	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [40]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [14]; 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 31A	Ins 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 32	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [41]-[43].
Sec 34	Am 2008 No 62, Sch 2.24 [1].
Sec 36	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [44]; 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [2]; 2009 No 56, Sch 1.16.
Sec 37	Am 2001 No 112, Sch 3.6 [1].
Sec 42A	Ins 2002 No 107, Sch 2.2 [2].
Sec 43	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [45] [46]; 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [11]. Subst 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 44	Subst 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [12]. Am 2001 No 112, Sch 3.6 [2].
Sec 44A	Ins 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [12]. Am 2006 No 82, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 45	Am 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [13]-[17]; 2001 No 112, Sch 3.6 [3]; 2002 No 53, Sch 2.14.
Sec 48	Am 2001 No 112, Sch 3.6 [1].
Sec 49	Am 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 50	Am 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [18]; 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 50AA	Ins 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [1].
Sec 50A	Ins 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 51	Subst 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [4]-[8].
Sec 51A	Ins 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [9].
Sec 51B	Ins 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [2].
Secs 51BA, 51BB	Ins 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 51C	Ins 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [19].
Sec 51D	Ins 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 51E	Ins 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 52	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [47] [48]; 2001 No 112, Sch 3.6 [4]; 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 53	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [49]; 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 54	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [50].
Sec 56	Subst 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [51].
Sec 57	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [52].
Sec 58	Am 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [16] [17].
Sec 60	Am 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 62	Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [10].
Sec 63	Am 2002 No 47, Schs 1 [14], 2 [11]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [19].
Sec 64	Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [12].
Sec 65	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [53]-[56] (am 1997 No 55, Sch 2.6); 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [11] [20]; 2001 No 112, Sch 3.6 [4].
Sec 66	Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [13].
Sec 70	Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [14].
Sec 71	Am 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [4].
Sec 71, note	Ins 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [5].
Sec 71A	Ins 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [6].
Sec 72	Subst 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [21]. Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [15].
Part 6A	Ins 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [15]. Rep 2002 No 103, Sch 4.35.
Sec 72A	Ins 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [15]. Am 2005 No 11, Sch 3.14. Rep 2002 No 103, Sch 4.35.
Secs 72B-72E	Ins 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [15]. Rep 2002 No 103, Sch 4.35.
Sec 74	Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [16].
Part 8	Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 5.13 [2].
Sec 75	Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 5.13 [2]. Am 1998 No 48, Sch 2.6 [1] [2]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [16].
Secs 76, 77	Rep 1997 No 77, Sch 5.13 [2].
Sec 78	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [57]-[60]. Subst 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [20]. Am 2006 No 94, Sch 3.12. Rep 2007 No 82, Sch 1.9 [4].
Sec 78A	Ins 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [61]. Subst 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [21]. Rep 2007 No 82, Sch 1.9 [4].
Sec 79	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [62]-[64]. Subst 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [22].
Sec 79A	Ins 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [23].
Sec 80	Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.8; 2002 No 107, Sch 2.2 [3]; 2007 No 82, Sch 1.9 [5]; 2007 No 94, Sch 3.
Sec 81	Am 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [17]; 2008 No 62, Sch 2.24 [1].
Sec 82A	Ins 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [24]. Am 2003 No 85, Sch 5 [1].
Sec 84	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.24; 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [22]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.116 [1] [2]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [18] [19]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [25]; 2003 No 85, Sch 5 [1]; 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [7] [8]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 85	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.116 [3]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 85A	Ins 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 87	Am 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [9].
Sec 88	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [65]-[67]; 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [23]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [26] [27]; 2007 No 82, Sch 1.9 [6].
Sec 90	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sec 93	Ins 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [24].
Sch 1	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [68]; GG No 108 of 17.7.1998, p 5491.
Sch 2	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 3	Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [69]-[76]; 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [25] [26]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [20] [21]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [28] [29]; 2003 No 85, Sch 5 [1]; 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [10] [11]; 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [13] [14].