Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In this Act, unless
the context otherwise requires —
ammunition includes anything manufactured
specifically as a component of ammunition designed for discharge from a
firearm and also includes any primer or propellant manufactured specifically
for use in making ammunition designed for discharge from a firearm but does
not include ammunition rendered inoperative for the purpose of a
collector’s item;
approved means approved by the Commissioner;
carry includes to have on or about one’s
person;
Commissioner means the Commissioner of Police;
dealer means a person who in the ordinary course
of business buys, sells or trades in firearms or ammunition; and deal has a
corresponding meaning;
Department means the department of the Public
Service principally assisting in the administration of this Act;
Extract of Licence means a Firearms Act Extract of
Licence referred to in, and issued under, section 22A;
firearm includes any lethal firearm and any other
weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet, or other missile can be
discharged or propelled or which, by any alteration in the construction or
fabric thereof, can be made capable of discharging or propelling any shot,
bullet or other missile, but does not include anything that is prescribed in
regulations under the Weapons Act 1999 to be a prohibited weapon or a
controlled weapon;
handgun means any lethal firearm and any other
weapon of any length of barrel —
(a)
which is reasonably capable of being carried or concealed about the person;
and
(b)
which when used can be aimed and fired or discharged from one hand; and
(c) from
which any shot, bullet, or other missile can be discharged or propelled, or
which, by any alteration in the construction or fabric thereof can be made
capable of discharging or propelling any shot, bullet or other missile;
holder , in the context of an approval given under
this Act, means the person to whom the approval relates;
medical practitioner means an individual who is
registered as a medical practitioner under the Medical Practitioners
Act 2008 ;
missile means any solid substance or liquid
chemical which when discharged or propelled from any weapon from any distance
is capable of causing physical injury to persons;
paintball means a game in which players attempt to
shoot at one another with prescribed paintball guns using prescribed paintball
pellets;
paintball gun means a firearm designed to
discharge or propel paintball pellets;
paintball pellets means pellets —
(a)
consisting primarily of a dye or a similar prescribed substance; and
(b)
designed to be discharged or propelled from a firearm;
possession , in addition to actual physical
possession of a firearm or ammunition, means the custody or control of it, or
having and exercising access to it in any place either alone or in common with
others;
section means section of this Act.
[Section 4 amended by No. 59 of 1996
s. 4 and 40; No. 18 of 1999 s. 21; No. 69 of 2004 s. 4 and
8(1); No. 22 of 2008 s. 162.]