New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FIREARMS REGULATION 2017 - REG 68

68 Historical cannon permit

(1) The Commissioner may, on application by a person, issue a permit (an
"historical cannon permit" ) authorising the person to possess and use a muzzle-loading black powder cannon.

(2) The Commissioner is not to issue an historical cannon permit unless the Commissioner is satisfied that the applicant for the permit is a member of an historical society or club whose purpose includes the preservation and demonstration of historical weapons.

(3) An historical cannon permit authorises the holder of the permit and any other person who is a member of the historical society or club concerned to possess and use, on behalf of the historical society or club, a muzzle-loading black powder cannon but only for the purposes of preserving and displaying it and of demonstrating its use.

(4) An historical cannon permit is subject to such conditions as may be specified in the permit with respect to the use and safekeeping of the cannon to which the permit relates.