New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 6A

6A Exemption relating to firearms manufactured before 1900

(1) This section applies to any firearm manufactured before 1900 that:

(a) is not capable of discharging breech-loaded metallic cartridges, or

(b) is a firearm the ammunition for which is determined by the Commissioner to be ammunition that is not commercially available.

(2) Sections 31, 50 (b) and 51 (1) (b) (ii) and (1A) (ii) do not apply in relation to a firearm to which this section applies.

(3) A person does not commit an offence under section 36 with respect to an unregistered firearm if it is a firearm to which this section applies.

(4) Nothing in this section authorises the use of any firearm.

(5) Any determination by the Commissioner of the ammunition that is not commercially available for the purposes of this section must be published in the Gazette.