Police Force Amendment Regulations 2022 (WA)

5402   GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 18 November 2022

POLICE

Regulations 2022.

P0301

Police Act 1892

Police Force Amendment Regulations 2022

SL 2022/187

Made by the Commissioner of Police.

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Police Force Amendment

18 November 2022 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5403

2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows

(a) regulations 1 and 2 on the day on which these

regulations are published in the Gazette;

(b) the rest of the regulations on 19 November 2022.

3.            Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Police Force Regulations 1979.

4.            Regulation 103 amended

In regulation 103 insert in alphabetical order:

firearm item means any of the following as defined in

the Firearms Act 1973 section 4

(a)	a firearm;
(b)	a major firearm part;
(c)	a prohibited firearm accessory;

(d) ammunition;

5.            Regulation 403 amended

In regulation 403:

(a) delete "shall" and insert:

must

(b) delete "firearms or ammunition in his or her" and insert:

firearm items in the member's

Note: The heading to amended regulation 403 is to read: Proper care must be taken of firearm items

6.           Regulation 404 amended

Delete regulation 404(1) and insert:

(1) In this regulation
personal issue firearm item means a firearm item
allocated to, and used by, a specified member;
station firearm item means a firearm item allocated to
a particular police station for issue to members from
time to time.

Note: The heading to amended regulation 404 is to read:

Station and personal issue firearm items

5404 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 18 November 2022

7.      Other provisions amended

Amend the provisions listed in the Table as set out in the Table.

Table

Provision Delete Insert

r. 404(2)	firearm (each	firearm item
occurrence)
shall	must
r. 404(3)	firearm (each	firearm item
occurrence)
shall	must
r. 404(4)	firearm (each	firearm item
occurrence)
firearms	firearm items
shall	must
r. 404(5)	shall	must
firearms and	firearm items
ammunition
station	station firearm item
firearm or	firearm item
ammunition

C. BLANCH, Commissioner of Police.

P. PAPALIA, Minister for Police.