Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 6

    (1)     In this Act:

"firearm"—

        (a)     means a gun, or other weapon, that is, or at any time was, capable of propelling a projectile by means of an explosive force, however caused; and

        (b)     includes—

              (i)     a blank fire firearm; and

              (ii)     an airgun; and

              (iii)     a paintball marker; and

              (iv)     something declared to be a firearm under section 31; and

              (v)     a modified item; and

              (vi)     a firearm frame or firearm receiver that does not form part of a firearm.

    (2)     However, "firearm" does not include—

        (a)     something prescribed by regulation not to be a firearm; or

        (b)     something declared not to be a firearm under section 31.

    (3)     In this section:

"modified item" means something that would be a firearm if—

        (a)     it did not have something missing from it, or a defect or obstruction; or

        (b)     something had not been added to it.