New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FIREARMS REGULATION 2017 - REG 4

4 Things declared not to be firearms

The following are declared not to be firearms for the purposes of the Act--

(a) a tool or device that is used to drive a stud, pin, dowel, screw, rivet, spike or other object against, into or through a substance by means of an explosive,

(b) a heavy bench-mounted rifle of an approved kind that is used for experimental purposes,

(c) a tool designed to be used to split or break rock or concrete by means of the firing of an explosive cartridge, such as the tool known as the "Boulder Buster",

(d) an industrial tool designed to be used in the mining and steel industries to remove refractory material (eg slag) from kilns or for other similar purposes, such as the tool known as the "Slag Buster Kiln Gun",

(e) a captive bolt gun of the kind designed for use in an abattoir in the humane killing of livestock,

(f) any piece of artillery manufactured before 1946--

(i) that has been rendered permanently inoperable, and

(ii) the breech, chamber and barrel of which have been permanently sealed, and

(iii) that is on permanent display in a public place for memorial or commemorative purposes,

(g) cannon and field guns--

(i) that have been constructed as pieces of military ordnance, and

(ii) that have a calibre of more than 25 millimetres, and

(iii) that have been rendered permanently inoperable, and

(iv) the breech, chamber and barrel of which have been permanently sealed,

(h) a firearm designed to be used for life saving or distress signalling purposes (such as line-throwing guns or the "Very" type of firearm),

(i) a firearm designed to be used in film, television or theatrical productions for the purposes of breaking glass or ceramic articles and that is only capable of firing a projectile over a short range (such as the firearm known as the "Trunion" gun),

(j) a firearm designed to be used to train dogs by firing retrievable projectiles (such as the firearm known as the "Turner Richards Dummy Launcher"),

(k) a tool designed to discharge a nail, spike or other fastener into or through material by means of compressed air or carbon dioxide (such as a nail gun).