Firearms Amendment Act 1996 (WA)

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA

FIREARMS AMENDMENT ACT 1996

(No. 59 of 1996)

ARRANGEMENT

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PART 1 — PRELIMINARY

1.

Short title

2

2.

Principal Act

2

3.

Commencement

2

PART 2 — GENERAL AMENDMENTS

4.

Section 4 amended

3

5.

Section 5A inserted; in consequence, sections 13 and

14 repealed

4

6.

Section 5B inserted

5

7.

Section 6 amended

6

8.

Section 8 amended

7

9.

Section 9A inserted and transitional provision

11

Firearms Amendment Act 1996

10.      Section 10 repealed and a section substituted, and

saving

12

11.

Section 10A inserted and related provision

13

12.      Section 11 repealed and sections 11, 11A, 11B, and

11C substituted

14

13.

Section 12 repealed and a section substituted

19

14.

Section 15 repealed and a section substituted

20

15.

Section 16 amended and transitional provision

20

16.

Section 16A amended

24

17.

Section 17B amended

24

18.

Section 18 amended

25

19.

Section 19 amended

30

20.

Section 19A amended

32

21.

Section 20 amended

32

22.

Section 21 amended

35

23.

Sections 21A and 21B inserted

36

24.

Section 22 repealed and a section substituted

40

25.

Section 23 amended

42

26.

Sections 23A and 23B inserted

45

27.

Section 24 amended

46

28.

Section 26 repealed and a section substituted

48

29.

Section 27A inserted

49

30.

Section 28 amended

50

31.

Section 29 amended

50

32.

Section 30 amended

53

33.

Sections 30A and 30B inserted

53

34.

Section 31 amended

55

35.

Section 32 amended

57

36.

Section 33 amended

57

37.

Section 34 amended

57

38.

Schedules 2 and 3 inserted

58

39.

Transitional regulations

66

PART 3 — IDENTIFICATION AND INFORMATION

40.

Section 4 amended

67

41.

Sections 22A, 22B, and 22C inserted

67

42.

Section 24 amended

71

43.

Section 29 amended

72

44.

Section 30 amended

72

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Firearms Amendment Act 1996

PART 4 — PENALTIES

45.

Section 6 amended

74

46.

Section 7 amended

74

47.

Section 19 amended

75

48.

Section 23 amended

76

49.

Sections 23C and 23D inserted

77

50.

Various other penalty changes

78

PART 5 — MISCELLANEOUS

51.

Amendments to the Justices Act 1902

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52.

Amendments to the Sentencing Act 1995

80

53.

Minister to report on implementation of APMC

Resolutions

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA

FIREARMS AMENDMENT

ACT 1996

No. 59 of 1996

AN ACT to amend the Firearms Act 1973, and as a consequence to amend the Justices Act 1902 and the Sentencing Act 1995, and for related purposes.

[Assented to 11 November 1996.]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

No. 59]

Firearms Amendment Act 1996

s. 1

PART 1 — PRELIMINARY

Short title

1.   This Act may be cited as the Firearms Amendment Act 1996.

Principal Act

2. In this Act the Firearms Act 1973* is referred to as the

principal Act.

[* Approved for reprint 22 April 1983.

For subsequent amendments see 1995 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 1, p. 80 and Act No.…

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