FIREARMS AND DANGEROUS WEAPONS ACT.
ANNO VICESIMO SECUNDO
ELIZABETHE II REGINE
Act No. 38 ,1973 .
An Act to regulate the purchase, possession, use, carrying and sale of firearms; to prohibit the possession of certain dangerous weapons and articles; to repeal the Pistol License Act, 1927, and certain other Acts; to amend the Crimes Act 1900, the Police Offences Act, 1901, and certain other Acts; and for purposes connected
therewith. [Assented to, 8th May, 1973.] BE D E it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —
P A R T I . PRELIMINARY.
This Act may be cited as the "Firearms and Dangerous Weapons Act, 1973".
1.
2. This Act shall commence on such day as may be
appointed by the Governor in respect thereof and as may be
notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.
A person is not guilty of an offence arising under this Act in respect of any thing done or omitted to be done by him within three months after the commencement of this Act if he would not be guilty of that offence were he the holder of a firearms dealer's licence or a shooter's licence or were he to have done or omitted to do that thing on an approved firearms range.
3.
4. (1) A person who is—
(a) a member of the police force of New South Wales or of any other State of the Commonwealth; or (b) a member of the armed forces of any Government which is allied or associated with Her Majesty in any war in which Her Majesty is engaged, is not guilty of an offence under this Act or the regulations by reason only of any thing done in or in connection with the performance of his duties as such a member.
(2)
( 2 ) A person is not guilty of an offence under this
Act or the regulations by reason only of any thing done by him in relation to a firearm, prohibited weapon or prohibited article if—
(a)
he is the captain of a ship or aircraft or a member of the crew of a ship or aircraft authorised by the captain to do that thing;
(b)
the firearm, prohibited weapon or prohibited article is part of the equipment of that ship or aircraft; and
(c)
he does that thing on the ship or aircraft of which he is the captain or of the crew of which he is a member or, where he does that thing in relation to a firearm, he does that thing only for the purpose of taking the firearm to the holder of a pistol dealer's licence or a firearms dealer's licence for repair or testing.
5. This Act is divided as follows : —
PART I.—PRELIMINARY—ss. 1-6.
PART DIVISION
I I .—LICENCES
AND APPROVALS—ss.