Firearms Amendment Regulations 2007 (TAS)

Firearms Amendment Regulations 2007

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Firearms Act 1996 .22 October 2007

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Police and Emergency Management

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Firearms Amendment Regulations 2007 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on 1 November 2007. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Firearms Regulations 2006 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 5A insertedAfter regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted: 5APrescribed firearms – stun guns (1)  For paragraph (f) of the definition of firearm in section 3 of the Act, a stun gun is a prescribed thing. (2)  In this regulation – stun gun means a hand-held device, such as the weapon commonly known as a TASER, that is designed or adapted to administer, either through direct contact or indirectly through something conductive fired from the device, an electric shock to a human being for the purpose of dazing, disorienting, incapacitating, subduing or injuring that human being.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 31 October 2007

These regulations are administered in the Department of Police and Emergency Management.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the