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DEFENCE ACT 1903 - SECT 123G

Orders in relation to rifle ranges

  (1)   The Minister may , by legislative instrument, make orders, not inconsistent with this Act, for and in relation to the control and administration of rifle ranges.

  (2)   Without limiting the generality of subsection   ( 1), orders may be made for or in relation to:

  (a)   the location and acquisition of property for use as a rifle range;

  (b)   the design, construction and use of a rifle range and any equipment or facilities for use in connection with a rifle range, including the setting of safety standards for such design, construction and use; and

  (c)   the regulation or prohibition of the carriage, possession or use of firearms on, or in connection with, a rifle range.

  (5)   Subject to subsection   ( 6), orders made under this section for the regulation or prohibition of the carriage, possession or use of firearms on, or in connection with, a rifle range have effect notwithstanding any provision of a law of a State or Territory.

  (6)   Subsection   ( 5) is not intended to affect the operation of a law of a State or Territory to the extent that that law is capable of operating concurrently with orders referred to in that subsection.


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