New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WEAPONS PROHIBITION REGULATION 2017 - REG 27

27 Scientific purposes permit

(1) The Commissioner may, on application by a person, issue a prohibited weapons--scientific purposes permit that authorises the person to possess and use a prohibited weapon to which the permit relates for the purpose of conducting scientific research.

(2) The authority conferred by a prohibited weapons--scientific purposes permit also authorises any person who--

(a) is employed to assist the permit holder in the scientific research in respect of which the permit is sought, and

(b) is specified in the permit, and

(c) has not in the previous 10 years been convicted of an offence referred to in clause 5 (1),

to possess and use a weapon to which the permit relates for the purpose of assisting in the conduct of the scientific research concerned.

(3) The Commissioner must not issue a prohibited weapons--scientific purposes permit unless the Commissioner is satisfied that--

(a) the scientific research in respect of which the permit is sought is legitimate scientific research, and

(b) any prohibited weapon for which the permit is sought is necessary in the conduct of that research.