Firearms Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2000 (WA)

28 July 20001 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4015

POLICE

PE301*

Firearms Act 1973

Firearms Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2000

Made by the Administrator in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Firearms Amendment
Regulations (No. 2) 2000.

2.            The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Firearms
Regulations 1974*.

[* Reprinted as at 28 January 1997.

For amendments to 12 June 2000 see 1999 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 83.]

3.             Regulation 22 replaced

in the form of Form 25A in Schedule 1.

Regulation 22 is repealed and the following regulation is inserted instead —

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22.          Search warrants

(1)	A complaint to ground a search warrant under section 26(1) of the Act is to be made in the form of Form 24 in Schedule 1 and the search warrant is to be in the form of Form 24A in Schedule 1.
(2)	A complaint to ground a search warrant under section 26(2) of the Act is to be made in the form of Form 25 in Schedule 1 and the search warrant is to be

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4.            Schedule 1 amended

Schedule 1 is amended by deleting Forms 24 and 25 and inserting instead -

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Form 24

[s. 26(1); r. 22(1)]

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Firearms Act 1973

COMPLAINT TO GROUND SEARCH WARRANT

[Section 26(1)]

I................................................................

(name of police officer)

of..............................................................

(stalion/section/brancWunil)

in the State of Western Australia
make oath and say as follows:

I believe that there is ...............................................

(list the types of items)

at..............................................................

(address to be searched)

(describe the circumstances relied on under section 26(1))

Accordingly I ask that a warrant be issued under section 26(1) of the Firearms
Act 1973, to enter there and search for anything described in this complaint.

Sworn at .............this ....... day of before me

Justice of the Peace

Form 24A

[s. 26(1); r. 22(1)]

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Firearms Act 1973

WARRANT TO ENTER AND SEARCH

[Section 26(1)]

To the Commissioner of Police of Western Australia and to all other members of the Police Force in the State.

(name of police officer)

of.............................................................

(stalion/section/brancWunit)

in the State of Western Australia has today made complaint upon oath before me, one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the State, and has satisfied me that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is

(describe the items)

at...............................................................

(address to be searched)

(describe the circumstances relied on under section 26(1))

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This warrant commands you in Her Majesty's name to enter that place and there diligently search for anything described in this warrant and to seize and take any such thing you may find there, and to bring it before me or another of Her

Majesty's Justices of the Peace, to be further dealt with according to law.

GIVEN under my hand at ..........this ..........day of..............

Justice of the Peace

Form 25

[s. 26(2); r. 22(2)]

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Firearms Act 1973

COMPLAINT TO GROUND SEARCH WARRANT

[Section 26(2)]

I................................................................

(name of police officer)

of..............................................................

(station/section/brancWunit)

in the State of Western Australia
make oath and say as follows:

I believe that there is ...............................................

(list the types of items)

at..............................................................

(address to be searched)

(describe the circumstances relied on under section 24(2) and 26(2))

Accordingly I ask that a warrant be issued under section 26(2) of the Firearms

Act 1973, to enter there and search for anything described in this complaint.

Sworn at .............this .......day of

before me Justice of the Peace

Form 25A

[s. 26(2); r. 22(2)]

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Firearms Act 1973

WARRANT TO ENTER AND SEARCH

[Section 26(2)]

To the Commissioner of Police of Western Australia and to all other members of the Police Force in the State.

(name of police officer)

of.............................................................

(station/section/brancWunit)

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in the State of Western Australia has today made complaint upon oath before
me, one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the State, and has satisfied
me that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is firearms and/or

ammunition, namely —

(describe the items)

at

(address to be searched)

(describe the circumstances relied on under section 24(2) and 26(2))

This warrant commands you in Her Majesty's name to enter that place and there diligently search for anything described in this warrant and to seize and take any such thing you may find there for the purpose of exercising the powers given by section 24(2) of the Firearms Act 1973.

GIVEN under my hand at	this	day of
Justice of the Peace
By Command of the Administrator,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.