Prohibited Weapons Act 1989 Prohibited Weapons Amendment (Imitations and Replicas of Firearms) Regulation 1998 (1998-233) [GG No 73 of 1.5.1998, p 3074] (NSW)

1998 No 233

New South Wales

Prohibited Weapons Amendment

(Imitations and Replicas of Firearms)

Regulation 1998

under the

Prohibited Weapons Act 1989

His Excellency the Governor. with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Prohibited Weapons Act 1989.

PAUL WHELAN, M.P.,

Minister for Police

Explanatory note
Under the Prohibited Weapons Act 1989, a person must not possess or use a prohibited weapon unless authorised to do so by a permit. The object of this Regulation is to add imitations or replicas of firearms to the list of prohibited weapons in the Act.
This Regulation is made under the Prohibited Weapons Act 1989, including section 3 ( 4 ) .
Published in Gazette No 73 of 1 May 1998. page 3074	Page 1

1998 No 233

C l a u s e 1 Prohibited Weapons Amendment(Imitations and Replicas of Firearms) Regulation1998

Prohibited Weapons Amendment (Imitations and

Replicas of Firearms) Regulation 1998

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Prohibited Weapons Amendment

(Imitations and Replicas of Firearms) Regulation 1998.

2 Amendment of Schedule 1 to Prohibited Weapons Act 1989

The Prohibited Weapons Act 1989 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 2)

Schedule 1 Prohibited weapons

Insert after item (27):

(27A) Any imitation or replica of a firearm (including any imitation or replica pistol. blank fire pistol, shortened firearm, machine gun or sub-machinegun) unless i t is of a type approved by the Commissioner of Police.