Firearms and Guns Act Amendment Act 1969 (WA)

No. 81.] Firearms and Guns. [1969.

FIREARMS AND GUNS.

No. 81 of 1969.

AN ACT to amend the Firearms and Guns Act,

1931-1968.

[Assented to 7th November, 1969.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Firearms

and Guns Act Amendment Act, 1969.

Vol. 17 of the

Reprinted	(2) In this Act the Firearms and Guns Act,
Acts.

Approved for	1931-1968 is referred to as the principal Act.
reprint 14th
March, 1963

and further	(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act
amended by

Acts Nos. 6

may be cited as the Firearms and Guns Act, 1931-

and 62 of

1963, 46 of

1969.

1966 and 34

of 1968.

Amendment

to s. 5. 2. Section 5 of the principal Act is amended-

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(a)	by substituting for the words "the possession of", in paragraph (a) of sub- section (3), the passage "possess, carry, and lawfully use"; and
(b)	by adding after subsection (3) subsections as follows:—

(3a) A license of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section may be issued in the prescribed manner to a bank or financial institution for possession and use as prescribed.

(3b) A license of the kind referred to in paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of sub- section (3) of this section may be issued to a company registered under the Companies Act, 1961, in its corporate name. ; and

(c) by adding after the word "employee", in line three of subsection (4), the words "or partner".

Repeal and

3. The principal Act is amended by repealing re-enact-

section 7 and re-enacting it as follows:- ment of a. 7.

7. A license issued under this Act is not

transferable. .

Amendment

4. Section 9 of the principal Act is amended to s. 9.

(a) by substituting for paragraph (b) a paragraph as follows:

(b) who is a common carrier or ware- houseman, or his servant and carries a firearm in the ordinary course of the trade or business of a common carrier or warehouseman; ; and

(b) by substituting for paragraph (c) a paragraph as follows:—

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(c) who, as an employee or partner of the holder of a license to conduct a shooting gallery, or as a customer of a shooting gallery being conducted

pursuant to this Act, is bona fide

handling or using a firearm at the shooting gallery in the prescribed manner; .

Amendment

to s. 12. 5. The table to section 12 of the principal Act is amended by adding after item 13B an item as follows:—

13C. From or upon any place know- $20.

ingly discharging any shot, bullet, or other missile from a firearm to the danger of, or in a manner to cause fear to, the public.