Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a person to whom, under the Weapons Act, section 2, that Act does not apply when the person--
(a) possesses or uses a weapon as part of the person performing duties as mentioned in the Weapons Act, section 2(1)(e); or
(b) possesses or uses a weapon as part of the person undergoing a training course as mentioned in the Weapons Act, section 2(1)(g); or
(c) is actually engaged in the manufacture, assembly or handling of a weapon for or on behalf of the State, or another State or a Territory, as mentioned in the Weapons Act, section 2(1)(h); or
(d) is engaged in scientific or experimental work with a weapon under an authority granted by the Minister as mentioned in the Weapons Act, section 2(1)(i); or
(e) is actually engaged in the warehousing or transport under consignment of merchandise for or on behalf of a licensed dealer or an authority of a State as mentioned in the Weapons Act, section 2(1)(l); or
(f) is a person to whom the commissioner of the police service granted an exemption from provisions of the Weapons Act as mentioned in the Weapons Act, section 2(1)(m); or
(g) is an employee of a government service entity within the meaning of the Weapons Act, section 2(8), and the person's acquisition, possession or use of a weapon is part of performing functions as mentioned in the Weapons Act, section 2(2).
(2) If the person is named as the respondent in a domestic violence order, the Weapons Act applies to the person for the duration of the order despite the Weapons Act, section 2.
(3) Despite subsection (2), if the respondent is not present in court when the court makes the domestic violence order, the respondent can not be convicted of an offence under the Weapons Act, because of the operation of subsection (2), for an act or omission that happened before a copy of the domestic violence order is served on the respondent.