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WEAPONS PROHIBITION REGULATION 2017 - REG 49
Amnesty for surrender of prohibited weapons
(1) A person is exempt from the possession restriction of the Act in respect
of a prohibited weapon while in possession of the prohibited weapon at a
police station or participating dealer, or while proceeding to a police
station or participating dealer, for the purposes of surrendering the
prohibited weapon.
(2) The surrender of a prohibited weapon does not
constitute a supply of the prohibited weapon.
(2A) A participating dealer is
exempt from section 24(3) of the Act in respect of a prohibited weapon
surrendered to the participating dealer.
(3) A participating dealer who comes
into possession of a prohibited weapon during the amnesty period is exempt
from the possession restriction of the Act in respect of the prohibited weapon
while complying in respect of the prohibited weapon with any directions of the
Commissioner as to how a participating dealer must deal with such a
prohibited weapon.
(3A) An exemption under subclause (2A) or (3) applies only
if the participating dealer acquires and possesses the prohibited weapon in
good faith for the purposes of this clause.
(4) This clause does not apply to
a person who is subject to a weapons prohibition order, a firearms prohibition
order under the Firearms Act 1996 , an apprehended violence order or an
interim apprehended violence order.
(5) The Commissioner may publish
information and advice about how a person should go about surrendering a
prohibited weapon.
(6) In this clause--
"participating dealer" means-- (a) an authorised weapons dealer, or
(b) the
holder of a firearms dealer licence under the Firearms Act 1996 .
"possession restriction" of the Act means the requirement under section 7 of
the Act to hold a permit authorising possession of a prohibited weapon.
"prohibited weapon" includes any part of a prohibited weapon.
"surrender" of a prohibited weapon means the surrender of a prohibited weapon
to the Commissioner on behalf of the State.
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