Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WEAPONS ACT 1991 (NO. 8 OF 1991) - SECT 5

5. (1) For the purposes of this Act, a natural person is to be taken to have an approved reason for requiring a dangerous weapon if the person—

        (a)     is a member of an approved club;

        (b)     is a member of the A.C.T. Antique and Historical Arms Association Incorporated or is a person whom the Registrar is satisfied—

              (i)     is a collector of dangerous weapons as curiosities or ornaments;

              (ii)     keeps in his or her possession, as a memento, a dangerous weapon that is inoperable; or

              (iii)     keeps with a licensed dealer, as a memento, a dangerous weapon that is operable;

        (c)     carries on business in the Territory in the ordinary course of which, at any one time, money in excess of the prescribed amount is received by the person other than during normal banking hours;

        (d)     in the ordinary course of his or her business or employment carries in the Territory, at any one time, a sum of money in excess of the prescribed amount from the place of that business or employment to a bank, building society or credit union for deposit;

        (e)     carries on business in the Territory the payroll for which, at any one time, ordinarily exceeds the prescribed amount;

        (f)     is the owner or occupier of a rural property, or is a relative of that person, and the weapon will be used in connection with farming or grazing activities on the property;

        (g)     is employed by a person referred to in paragraph (f) and is required by the owner or occupier to possess a dangerous weapon for the purposes of that employment;

        (h)     is employed by a corporate licensee and is required by that employer to possess a dangerous weapon for the purposes of that employment;

              (i)     is the owner or occupier of a shooting gallery;

        (j)     is, or is employed by, a licensed dealer and is required by him or her to possess a dangerous weapon for the purposes of that employment;

        (k)     in the case of a self-loading centre fire rifle of a military type—

              (i)     is a member of an approved club; and

              (ii)     participates in competitions in the use of such a weapon held by or in association with that club;

        (m)     in the case of a dangerous weapon, other than a pistol grip weapon or a self-loading centre fire rifle of a military type—

              (i)     is a recreational shooter or hunter in the Territory and has the written consent of a lessee, occupier or other person referred to in paragraph 85 (1) (a); or

              (ii)     is a recreational shooter or hunter in a State or another Territory;

        (n)     in the case of a dangerous weapon that is a pistol grip weapon—

              (i)     is a member of an approved club; and

              (ii)     participates in competitions in the use of such a weapon conducted by or in association with that club;

        (p)     is entitled to immunity under the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967 of the Commonwealth, or to immunity under the Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1972 of the Commonwealth or under regulations made for the purpose of section 9 of that Act, and has the written approval of the Chief of Protocol of the Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to possess the weapon; or

        (q)     is a prescribed person or a person included in a prescribed class of persons.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, a body corporate or partnership is to be taken to have an approved reason for requiring a dangerous weapon if the body corporate or partnership—

        (a)     carries on business in the Territory in the ordinary course of which a person or persons employed by it is, or are, required to carry, at any one time, a sum of money which, or goods the value of which, is not less than the prescribed amount;

        (b)     carries on business in the Territory as a security organisation; or

        (c)     is an approved club.

(3) In paragraphs (1) (f), (g) and (i), a reference in subsection (1) to a dangerous weapon shall be taken not to include a reference to a pistol.

(4) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be taken to authorise the use of a pistol in the Territory for recreational shooting or hunting.

(5) In subsection (1)—