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CONTROL OF WEAPONS ACT 1990 - SECT 17

Savings provision—Police and Emergency Management Legislation Amendment Act 2012

    (1)     On and from the commencement of section 4 of the Control of Weapons and Firearms Acts Amendment Act 2012 , any Order made by the Governor in Council under section 8B(1), being an Order in force immediately before that commencement exempting a class of person, or a class of prohibited weapons (other than imitation firearms) or a corrections officer, military officer or police officer from any provision of section 5(1) is taken also to have the effect of an exemption from the provisions of section 5AA , to the same extent as that Order has provided for an exemption from the provisions of section 5(1).

    (2)     On and from the commencement of section 4 of the Control of Weapons and Firearms Acts Amendment Act 2012 , any Order made by the Governor in Council under section 8B(1), being an Order in force immediately before that commencement exempting a class of person, or a class of prohibited weapons (being imitation firearms) or a corrections officer, military officer or police officer from any provision of section 5(1) is taken also to have the effect of an exemption from the provisions of section 5AB(1), to the same extent as that Order has provided for an exemption from the provisions of section 5(1).

    (3)     On and from the commencement of section 4 of the Control of Weapons and Firearms Acts Amendment Act 2012 , any approval granted by the Chief Commissioner under section 8C, being an approval in force immediately before that commencement, that—

        (a)     in relation to prohibited weapons (other than imitation firearms), approves a person to do anything that is otherwise prohibited by any provision of section 5 (except section 5(1A) or (1D)) is taken also to have the effect of an approval to do anything otherwise prohibited by any provision of section 5AA, to the same extent as the approval provides for section 5(1); or

        (b)     in relation to imitation firearms, approves a person to do anything that is otherwise prohibited by any provision of section 5 (except section 5(1A) or (1D)) is taken also to have the effect of an approval to do anything otherwise prohibited by any provision of section 5AB(1), to the same extent as the approval provides for section 5(1).

S. 18
inserted by No. 44/2021 s. 3.



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