Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

PROHIBITED WEAPONS REGULATIONS (NO. 12 OF 1997)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      These Regulations may be cited as the Prohibited Weapons Regulations.  
   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.  
   7.      (1) The Minister may, by notice in writing published in the Gazette, declare a supplier to be an approved supplier of crossbows for the purposes of this regulation.  
   8.      (1) The Minister may, by notice in writing published in the Gazette, declare a manufacturer to be an approved manufacturer of darts for the purposes of this regulation.  
   9.      (1) The Registrar shall refuse to issue a permit authorising a research body to possess a catapult unless the catapult—  
   10.     (1) The Registrar shall not permit a security organisation to possess a baton other than in the circumstances specified in subregulation (3).  
   11.     (1) The Registrar shall not issue a permit to possess a nunchaku to a martial arts club except in the circumstances specified in subregulation (3).  
   12.     (1) An employee of a security organisation which holds a permit to possess soft body armour is authorised to possess and use that armour if the armour is—  
   13.     (1) The Registrar shall not issue a permit authorising a person to use specified premises for the purposes of a militaria fair unless satisfied that the premises proposed to be used are suitable for such a purpose.  
   14.     (1) The Registrar shall not authorise the possession or use of a prohibited weapon or prohibited article for the purpose of a theatrical or dramatic production or an historical re-enactment by permit unless—  
   15.     The Schedule to the Act is amended—