Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

WEAPONS REGULATIONS (NO. 21 OF 1991) - REG 10

        (a)     is a performer in a production being staged by a theatrical, dramatic or historical society, or is a member of the society staging the production, in which a restricted weapon or a dangerous weapon, as the case may be, is used; and

        (b)     has the weapon in his or her possession for the purposes of the production.

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a person who has in his or her possession a dangerous weapon—

        (a)     if that weapon is loaded otherwise than with blank ammunition; and

        (b)     unless that weapon is—

              (i)     lent or let on hire for the purposes of the production by a person on whose licence the weapon is registered;

              (ii)     registered or endorsed on the licence of a person to whom paragraph (1) (a) refers; or

              (iii)     lent or let on hire by a person who is ordinarily resident in a State or another Territory if possession of the weapon in the State or other Territory by the person is not proscribed by a law of that State or other Territory.

(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a person who has in his or her possession a restricted weapon unless the person who lent the weapon or let it on hire is—

        (a)     the holder of a restricted weapons licence; or

        (b)     ordinarily resident in a State or another Territory and his or her possession of the weapon in the State or other Territory is not proscribed by a law of that State or other Territory.