(1) Any of the
following is firearms technology —
(a) a
thing that is programmed, configured or otherwise enabled —
(i)
to carry out a step in the manufacture or repair of a
firearm, major firearm part, prohibited firearm accessory or ammunition; or
(ii)
without limiting subparagraph (i), to change an object
into a component of a firearm, major firearm part, prohibited firearm
accessory or ammunition;
(b) any
type of digital or electronic reproduction of a technical drawing of the
design of a firearm, major firearm part, prohibited firearm accessory or
ammunition;
(c) a
plan, drawing, instruction, template or computer program, in digital or
electronic form, for the manufacture or repair of a firearm, major firearm
part, prohibited firearm accessory or ammunition;
(d) a
hard copy of a digital or electronic thing referred to in paragraph (b) or
(c).
(2) The reference in
subsection (1)(a) to a thing is a reference to any machinery, equipment,
object or device, including the following —
(a) a 3D
printer or other similar additive manufacturing technology;
(b) a
moulding device;
(c) a
milling device;
(d) a
remote controlled device (for example, a drone);
(e) an
electronic firing mechanism;
(f)
railgun technology;
(g) any
other prescribed thing.
[Section 23AG inserted: No. 13 of 2022 s. 43.]