Weapons Prohibition Amendment (Exemptions) Regulation 2016 (NSW)

New South Wales

Weapons Prohibition Amendment

(Exemptions) Regulation 2016

under the

Weapons Prohibition Act 1998

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998.

TROY GRANT, MP

Minister for Justice and Police

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to exempt sheriff’s officers from the requirement to obtain a permit to possess or use body armour vests, but only when acting in the course of employment as a sheriff’s officer. This Regulation is made under the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998, including sections 6 (4) and 50 (the general regulation-making power).

Weapons Prohibition Amendment (Exemptions) Regulation 2016 [NSW]

Weapons Prohibition Amendment (Exemptions) Regulation 2016

under the

Weapons Prohibition Act 1998

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Weapons Prohibition Amendment (Exemptions) Regulation
2016.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Weapons Prohibition Regulation 2009

Schedule 1 Persons exempt from requirement for permit

Insert after clause 11:

12      Possession and use of body armour vests

(1)	A sheriff’s officer, within the meaning of the Sheriff Act 2005, is exempt from the requirement under the Act for a permit to possess or use a prohibited weapon referred to in clause 4 (1) of Schedule 1 to the Act, but only when acting in the course of employment as a sheriff’s officer.
(2)	It is a condition of the exemption referred to in this clause that the person to whom the exemption relates must store or keep the prohibited weapon concerned in a safe and secure manner when it is not being used.
(3)	Failure to comply with the condition under subclause (2) is an offence. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.