Weapons Prohibition Amendment (Temporary Amnesty) Regulation 2009 (NSW)

2009 No 71

New South Wales

Weapons Prohibition Amendment

(Temporary Amnesty) Regulation 2009

under the

Weapons Prohibition Act 1998

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998.

ANTHONY KELLY, M.L.C.,

Minister for Police

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to make provision for a 3 month amnesty period with respect to offences under the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 relating to the possession of imitation or replica firearms, silencers and firearm magazines. Under the amnesty, a person who is in possession of any of these items is exempt from the requirement for a permit to possess the item if the person is surrendering it to the police (or is proceeding to a police station to surrender it).

This Regulation is made under the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998, including section 50 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 40 of 20 February 2009, page 1214	Page 1
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Clause 1	Weapons Prohibition Amendment (Temporary Amnesty) Regulation 2009

Weapons Prohibition Amendment (Temporary

Amnesty) Regulation 2009

under the

Weapons Prohibition Act 1998

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Weapons Prohibition Amendment (Temporary
Amnesty) Regulation 2009.

2 Amendment of Weapons Prohibition Regulation 1999

The Weapons Prohibition Regulation 1999 is amended by inserting the following clause after clause 40:

40A

Temporary amnesty to enable surrender of imitation or
replica firearms, silencers and firearm magazines

(1)	In this clause: period of the amnesty means the period starting on 1 March 2009 and ending on 31 May 2009.
(2)	This clause applies to the prohibited weapons referred to in clauses 3 (2) and 4 (3) and (4) of Schedule 1 to the Act.
(3)	During the period of the amnesty, a person is exempt from the requirement under the Act to hold a permit authorising possession of a prohibited weapon to which this clause applies if the person:

(a)	is surrendering the prohibited weapon to a member of the NSW Police Force in accordance with such directions as are issued by the Commissioner, or
(b)	is proceeding to a police station for the purpose of surrendering the prohibited weapon.

(4) Nothing in this clause authorises the use of a prohibited
weapon.

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