Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting in subsection (1)(a) ", possessing or using a firearm while acting in the course of the member’s duties as such a member, if the member does not, while possessing or using the firearm, consume any intoxicating liquor and is not under the influence of alcohol or any other drug" after "Commonwealth" ;

(b) by inserting the following paragraphs after paragraph (a) in subsection (1) :

(ab) a correctional officer, within the meaning of the Corrections Act 1997 , possessing or using, in accordance with subsection (1A)  –

(i) a firearm that may be possessed or used under a licence referred to in Division 2 of Part 2; or

(ii) a thing that is prescribed, under paragraph (f) of the definition of firearm in section 3, as a firearm; or

(ac) a person appointed as an ancillary constable under section 14 of the Police Service Act 2003 possessing or using a firearm, in accordance with subsection (1B) , that may be possessed or used under a Category H firearms licence; or

(ad) a person, to whom an authorisation under section 157 of this Act relates, possessing or using a firearm, in accordance with subsection (1B) , that may be possessed or used under a Category D firearms licence; or

(c) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (1) :

(1A)  A correctional officer, within the meaning of the Corrections Act 1997 , possessing or using a firearm under subsection (1)  –

(a) must not consume any intoxicating liquor or be under the influence of alcohol or any other drug; and

(b) may only possess or use the firearm while acting in the course of the member’s duties as a member of –

(i) a group deployed at the request of the Director, or under the standing orders of the Director, made under the Corrections Act 1997 for the purposes of the management, security or control of prisons under that Act; or

(ii) a prescribed unit, or other group, that performs the functions of a group referred to in subparagraph (i) .

(1B)  A person appointed as an ancillary constable under section 14 of the Police Service Act 2003 , or a person to whom an authorisation under section 157 of this Act relates, possessing or using a firearm under subsection (1)  –

(a) may only possess or use the firearm if the person is authorised under the appointment, or authorisation, to possess and use the firearm; and

(b) may only possess or use the firearm –

(i) if the person is appointed as an ancillary constable, while acting in the course of the person’s duties under this Act or any other Act, as specified in the person’s appointment, and in accordance with that appointment; or

(ii) if the person is authorised under section 157 of this Act, while acting in the course of the person’s duties under the authorisation and in accordance with that authorisation; and

(c) must comply with the safekeeping and storage requirements, that apply under this Act in relation to the firearm, except when the firearm is in a holster, being worn by the person, that is intended for use with that firearm; and

(d) must not consume any intoxicating liquor or be under the influence of alcohol or any other drug, except where the firearm is not kept at premises in accordance with the safekeeping and storage requirements that apply under this Act in relation to the firearm.

(d) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3) :

(3A)  This Act does not apply to a State Service employee, or State Service officer, in relation to the possession of a firearm, firearm part or ammunition, in the course of the employee’s or officer’s duties as such an employee or officer, in relation to –

(a) enforcing or administering a law of the State, or of another State, a Territory or the Commonwealth; or

(b) monitoring compliance with, or investigating a contravention of, a law of the State, or of another State, a Territory or the Commonwealth; or

(c) the administration of justice –

if the employee or officer does not consume any intoxicating liquor, and is not under the influence of alcohol or any other drug, while the firearm is in the employee’s or the officer’s possession.