Firearms Amendment Regulations 1996 (WA)

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FIREARMS ACT 1973

FIREARMS AMENDMENT
REGULATIONS 1996

FIREARMS ACT 1973

FIREARMS AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1996

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Firearms Amendment

Regulations 1996.

Commencement

2. These regulations come into operation on the day on which the provisions of the Firearms Amendment Act 1996 other than section 16 commence.

Principal regulations

3.     In these regulations the Firearms Regulations 1974* are referred to as

the principal regulations.

[* Reprinted as at 17 November 1995.

For amendments to 27 November 1996 see 1995 Index to

Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 88.1

Regulation 2 repealed and a regulation substituted

4.      Regulation 2 of the principal regulations is repealed and the following

regulation is substituted -

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Definitions

2.      In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears -

"category" means a category referred to in regulation 6A. '7

Regulation 3 amended

5.      Regulation 3 of the principal regulations is amended by deleting "the

Schedule to these regulations7' and substituting the following -

" Schedule 1 ".

Regulation 4 amended

6.      Regulation 4 of the principal regulations is amended -

in the Table to subregulation ( la) -

(i)

by deleting "2

Firearms Curio Licence" and substituting

the following -
" 1 Firearm Collector's Licence "; and

(ii)      by deleting the Form number "4" before "Corporate Licence"

and substituting the following -

in the Table to subregulation (lc) -

in the first column, by deleting the Form numbers "5", "6",

(i)       "7", and "8" and in each case substituting the following -

" 3 "; and

(ii)      by inserting at the end of the Table the following item -

" 4 Ammunition Collector's Licence . . . 40 ";

in the Table to subregulation (3) -

(i)       by deletin the items relatin to a Firearm Licence and a Firearm eurio Licence an% substituting the following items -

9D.	Firearm Licence.

10. Firearm Collector's Licence.

(ii)      by deleting "Dealers" and substituting the following -

" Dealer's "; and

(iii)

by inserting at the end of the Table the following item - " 15A. Ammunition Collector's Licence. ";

by repealing subregulations (4) and (10); and

by repealing subregulation (7) and substituting the following

subregulation -

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(7)	The fee payable on the renewal of a licence is -

(a)	for a Firearm Collector's Licence or an Ammunition Collector's Licence, the fee prescribed in this regulation for the issue of a Firearm Licence;
(b)	regulation for the issue of that type of licence,

for any other licence, the fee prescribed in this

subject to apportionment in accordance with section 18 (4)

of the Act as if it were payable for the issue of the licence.

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Regulation 4A

inserted

7.     After regulation 4 of the principal regulations the following regulation is

inserted -

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