Firearms Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2004 (WA)

24 December 2004 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 6267

Firearms Act 1973

Firearms Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2004

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Firearms Amendment Regulations
(No. 3) 2004.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which section 3 of the Firearms Amendment Act 2004 comes into operation.

3.             The regulations amended

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

[* Reprinted as at 8 June 2001.

For amendments to 10 December 2004 see Western p. 116, and Gazette 29 June 2004

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4. Regulations 2A and 2B inserted
After regulation 2 the following regulations are inserted —

2A.	Prescribed paintball guns and paintball pellets (s. 4, 8(1), 11A(2) and 19AA(2))
(1)	For the purposes of the definition of “paintball” in section 4 of the Act, and sections 8(1)(ma), 11A(2)(da) and 19AA(2) of the Act, a prescribed paintball gun is a paintball gun —

(a)	with a calibre of 0.68;
(b)	that fires a paintball at a velocity of not more than 91.44 metres per second; and
(c)	that is a single shot pump action or semi-automatic,

except one that has the appearance of a handgun or any
firearm listed in the Table to regulation 26.

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(2)	For the purposes of the definition of “paintball” in section 4 of the Act, and section 8(1)(ma) and (mb) of the Act, prescribed paintball pellets are gelatine capsules with a diameter of 17.27 mm filled with a water-soluble marking dye of any colour except red or brown.
2B.	Prescribed amount of money (s. 19(1ab))
For the purposes of section 19(1ab)(a)(ii) of the Act the prescribed amount of money is $3 000.

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5.             Schedule 3 amended

Schedule 3 is amended by deleting “Category E” and inserting instead —

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Category E

sub-category	description
E1	a cannon
E2	a captive bolt
E3	a line thrower
E4	a tranquilliser
E5	a paintball gun
E6	any firearm that is not of sub-category E1, E2, E3, E4, or E5, or category A, B, C, D, or H

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By Command of the Governor,

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

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