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WEAPONS ACT 1991 (NO. 8 OF 1991)


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Weapons Act 1991.  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Repeal  
   4.      Interpretation  
   5.      Approved reasons  

   PART II--ADMINISTRATION REGISTRAR OF WEAPONS

   6.      The chief police officer may, by instrument, appoint a person who is a police officer who holds a rank of or above that of Superintendent to be the Registrar of Weapons.  
   7.      Functions of the Registrar  
   8.      Powers of the Registrar  
   9.      Directions by Minister  
   10.     Delegation  
   11.     Acting Registrar  
   12.     Register of Weapons  
   13.     Reports and recommendations etc.  
   14.     Guidelines—offence  
   15.     Amnesty  

   PART III--LICENCES

   16.     Prohibited weapons  
   17.     Restricted weapons  
   18.     Dangerous weapons  
   19.     Licensed dealers  
   20.     Exemptions—general  
   21.     Specific exemptions—possession or use of dangerous weapons and restricted weapons  
   22.     Specific exemptions—possession of dangerous weapons and restricted weapons  
   23.     Application for licence  
   24.     Grant of licence  
   25.     Refusal to grant licence  
   26.     Issue of licences—bodies corporate, partnerships  
   27.     Form of licence  
   28.     Effect of licence  
   29.     Application for licence  
   30.     Grant of licence  
   31.     Form of licence  
   32.     Return of licence  
   33.     Effect of licence  
   34.     Application for licence  
   35.     Grant of licence  
   36.     Refusal to grant licence  
   37.     Form of licence  
   38.     Effect of licence  
   39.     Alteration of premises  
   40.     Dealer's Book  
   41.     Falsifying records etc.  
   42.     Returns by licensed dealers  
   43.     Keeping dangerous weapons etc.  
   44.     Receiving dangerous weapons etc. for modification, testing or repair  
   45.     The Registrar may, by notice in writing, require an applicant for a licence, the renewal of a licence, the registration or endorsement of a dangerous weapon on a dangerous weapons licence—  
   46.     Licences to be signed  
   47.     Conditions of licence  
   48.     Term of licence  
   49.     Renewal of licence  
   50.     Issue of copy of licence  
   51.     Cancellation and suspension of licence—general  
   52.     Surrender of dealer's licence  
   53.     Surrender etc. of weapons  
   54.     Change of possession  
   55.     Change of address  

   PART IV--REGISTRATION AND ENDORSEMENT

   56.     Application for registration  
   57.     Approval of application  
   58.     Refusal of registration—duties of licensee  
   59.     Registration  
   60.     Cancellation of registration  
   61.     Renewal of registration—effect of refusal  
   62.     Division does not apply to pistol grip weapons  
   63.     Application for endorsement  
   64.     Approval of application  
   65.     Endorsement  
   66.     Cancellation of endorsement  
   67.     Endorsements—notification of change of particulars  

   PART V--POWERS OF ENTRY, SEARCH AND SEIZURE

   68.     Interpretation  
   69.     Powers of entry, search etc.  
   70.     Search of persons, vehicles, vessels—without warrant  
   71.     Consent to entry and inspection  
   72.     Search warrants  
   73.     Forfeiture etc. of weapons  

   PART VI--OFFENCES GENERALLY CORPORATIONS--PENALTIES

   74.     Where a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this Act or the regulations, the penalty that the court may impose is a fine not exceeding 5 times the maximum amount that, but for this section, the court could impose as a pecuniary penalty for that offence.  
   75.     Obstruction of police officers  
   76.     Defacement  
   77.     Sale etc. of weapons  
   78.     Interstate sales  
   79.     Spear guns—sale etc. to persons under 14 years of age  
   80.     Production of licences etc.  
   81.     Possession of weapon under another licence  
   82.     Safekeeping of dangerous weapons  
   83.     Lost, destroyed or stolen weapons  
   84.     Discharge etc. of weapons—public places etc.  
   85.     Discharge of weapons—general  
   86.     Carriage or use of weapon—disregard for safety  
   87.     Modification of dangerous weapons  
   88.     Approval of modifications  
   89.     Possession or use of modified dangerous weapons  
   90.     Possession of ammunition  
   91.     Sale of ammunition  

   PART VII--MISCELLANEOUS COMPENSATION FOR SURRENDERED WEAPONS

   92.     Where, under section 53 or 58, a dangerous weapon or restricted weapon is to be taken to have been surrendered to the Registrar, the Territory shall compensate the owner of the weapon.  
   93.     Certificates of safety  
   94.     Conduct of directors, servants and agents  
   95.     Third-party interests—complaints to Registrar  
   96.     Investigations  
   97.     Evidentiary certificates  
   98.     Review of decisions  
   99.     Notification of decisions  
   100.    Service of notices on Registrar  
   101.    Power of Minister to determine fees  
   102.    Regulations  

   PART VIII--SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL INTERPRETATION

   103.    In this Part—“commencement date” means the date fixed under section 2.  
   104.    Pistol grip weapons  
   105.    Transitional—general  
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