Firearms (General) Amendment (Extension of Buyback and Amnesty Periods) Regulation 2004 (NSW)

2004 No 149

New South Wales

Firearms (General) Amendment

(Extension of Buyback and Amnesty

Periods) Regulation 2004

under the

Firearms Act 1996

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive

Council, has made the following Regulation under the Firearms Act 1996.

JOHN WATKINS, M.P.,

Minister for Police

Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to extend, until 30 June 2004, the operation of the compensation scheme under sections 78 and 78A of the Firearms Act 1996 for surrendering pistols and certain associated items, and
(b)	to extend, until 30 June 2004, the general amnesty for surrendering (without compensation) illegally held firearms to the police.

This Regulation is made under the Firearms Act 1996, including section 78 (1) and 88

(the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 69 of 2 April 2004, page 1802	Page 1
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Clause 1	Periods) Regulation 2004

Firearms (General) Amendment (Extension of Buyback and Amnesty Periods) Regulation 2004

under the

Firearms Act 1996

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Firearms (General) Amendment (Extension of Buyback and Amnesty Periods) Regulation 2004.

2 Amendment of Firearms (General) Regulation 1997

The Firearms (General) Regulation 1997 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.

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Periods) Regulation 2004
Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 120 Temporary general amnesty for illegally held firearms that are surrendered to the police

Omit “6 months later” from the definition of general amnesty period in clause 120 (1).

Insert instead “on 30 June 2004”.

[2]      Clause 122

Insert after clause 121:

122 Extension of “buyback period”

For the purposes of the definition of buyback period in section 78 (1) of the Act, the period starting on 1 October 2003 and ending on 30 June 2004 is prescribed.

BY AUTHORITY