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WEAPONS ACT 1991 (NO. 8 OF 1991)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE
1. This Act may be cited as the Weapons Act 1991.
2. Commencement
3. Repeal
4. Interpretation
5. Approved reasons
PART II--ADMINISTRATION REGISTRAR OF WEAPONS
6. The chief police officer may, by instrument, appoint a person who is a police officer who holds a rank of or above that of Superintendent to be the Registrar of Weapons.
7. Functions of the Registrar
8. Powers of the Registrar
9. Directions by Minister
10. Delegation
11. Acting Registrar
12. Register of Weapons
13. Reports and recommendations etc.
14. Guidelines—offence
15. Amnesty
PART III--LICENCES
16. Prohibited weapons
17. Restricted weapons
18. Dangerous weapons
19. Licensed dealers
20. Exemptions—general
21. Specific exemptions—possession or use of dangerous weapons and restricted weapons
22. Specific exemptions—possession of dangerous weapons and restricted weapons
23. Application for licence
24. Grant of licence
25. Refusal to grant licence
26. Issue of licences—bodies corporate, partnerships
27. Form of licence
28. Effect of licence
29. Application for licence
30. Grant of licence
31. Form of licence
32. Return of licence
33. Effect of licence
34. Application for licence
35. Grant of licence
36. Refusal to grant licence
37. Form of licence
38. Effect of licence
39. Alteration of premises
40. Dealer's Book
41. Falsifying records etc.
42. Returns by licensed dealers
43. Keeping dangerous weapons etc.
44. Receiving dangerous weapons etc. for modification, testing or repair
45. The Registrar may, by notice in writing, require an applicant for a licence, the renewal of a licence, the registration or endorsement of a dangerous weapon on a dangerous weapons licence—
46. Licences to be signed
47. Conditions of licence
48. Term of licence
49. Renewal of licence
50. Issue of copy of licence
51. Cancellation and suspension of licence—general
52. Surrender of dealer's licence
53. Surrender etc. of weapons
54. Change of possession
55. Change of address
PART IV--REGISTRATION AND ENDORSEMENT
56. Application for registration
57. Approval of application
58. Refusal of registration—duties of licensee
59. Registration
60. Cancellation of registration
61. Renewal of registration—effect of refusal
62. Division does not apply to pistol grip weapons
63. Application for endorsement
64. Approval of application
65. Endorsement
66. Cancellation of endorsement
67. Endorsements—notification of change of particulars
PART V--POWERS OF ENTRY, SEARCH AND SEIZURE
68. Interpretation
69. Powers of entry, search etc.
70. Search of persons, vehicles, vessels—without warrant
71. Consent to entry and inspection
72. Search warrants
73. Forfeiture etc. of weapons
PART VI--OFFENCES GENERALLY CORPORATIONS--PENALTIES
74. Where a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this Act or the regulations, the penalty that the court may impose is a fine not exceeding 5 times the maximum amount that, but for this section, the court could impose as a pecuniary penalty for that offence.
75. Obstruction of police officers
76. Defacement
77. Sale etc. of weapons
78. Interstate sales
79. Spear guns—sale etc. to persons under 14 years of age
80. Production of licences etc.
81. Possession of weapon under another licence
82. Safekeeping of dangerous weapons
83. Lost, destroyed or stolen weapons
84. Discharge etc. of weapons—public places etc.
85. Discharge of weapons—general
86. Carriage or use of weapon—disregard for safety
87. Modification of dangerous weapons
88. Approval of modifications
89. Possession or use of modified dangerous weapons
90. Possession of ammunition
91. Sale of ammunition
PART VII--MISCELLANEOUS COMPENSATION FOR SURRENDERED WEAPONS
92. Where, under section 53 or 58, a dangerous weapon or restricted weapon is to be taken to have been surrendered to the Registrar, the Territory shall compensate the owner of the weapon.
93. Certificates of safety
94. Conduct of directors, servants and agents
95. Third-party interests—complaints to Registrar
96. Investigations
97. Evidentiary certificates
98. Review of decisions
99. Notification of decisions
100. Service of notices on Registrar
101. Power of Minister to determine fees
102. Regulations
PART VIII--SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL INTERPRETATION
103. In this Part—“commencement date” means the date fixed under section 2.
104. Pistol grip weapons
105. Transitional—general
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 3
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