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Firearms Act 1996 No 46
Current version for 8 April 2013 to date (accessed 22 May 2013 at 16:31)
Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule Cl clause No number Schs Schedules Cll clauses p page Sec section Div Division pp pages Secs sections Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted Table of amending instrumentsFirearms Act 1996 No
46. Assented to 28.6.1996. Date of commencement (Parts 2–5, 7
and 8, secs 50, 51, 53, 54, 56–60, 62, 63, 65, 68–71, 78, 89 and
90, Sch 2 and Part 2 of Sch 3 excepted), 23.8.1996, sec 2 (1) and GG No 97 of
23.8.1996, p 4735; date of commencement of Parts 2–5, 7 and 8, secs 50,
51, 53, 54, 56–60, 62, 63, 65, 68–71, 89 and 90, Sch 2 and Part 2
of Sch 3, 1.7.1997, sec 2 (1) and GG No 40 of 18.4.1997, p 1994; date of
commencement of sec 78, 1.10.1996, sec 2 (1) and GG No 110 of 27.9.1996, p
6517. This Act has been amended as follows:
1996No 135Firearms Amendment Act 1996.
Assented to 16.12.1996.Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1]–[4], [48], [57]–[70],
20.12.1996, sec 2 and GG No 150 of 20.12.1996, p 8525; date of commencement of
Sch 1 [5]–[47], [49]–[56] and [71]–[76], 1.7.1997, sec 2 and
GG No 40 of 18.4.1997, p 1993. Amended by Statute Law
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 No 55. Assented to
2.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 2.6, assent, sec 2
1997. Assented to 10.7.1997.Date of commencement of Sch 5.13, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of
26.2.1999, p 969.
1998No 48Administrative Decisions Tribunal Legislation
Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 29.6.1998.Date of commencement of Sch 2.6, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of
26.2.1999, p 970.
1999. Assented to 8.12.1999.Date of commencement of Sch 4.24, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of
2001No 24Firearms Amendment (Trafficking)
Act 2001. Assented to 19.6.2001.Date of commencement, 1.7.2001, sec 2 and GG No 103 of 29.6.2001, p
2002No 47Firearms Amendment (Public
Safety) Act 2002. Assented to 4.7.2002.Date of commencement, 15.7.2002, sec 2 and GG No 116 of 12.7.2002, p
Provisions) Act 2002. Assented to 4.7.2002.Date of commencement of Sch 2.14, assent, sec 2
No 107Security Industry Amendment Act
2002. Assented to 29.11.2002.Date of commencement of Sch 2.2 [1] and [2], 31.1.2003, sec 2 and GG No
33 of 31.1.2003, p 599; date of commencement of Sch 2.2 [3], 28.2.2003, sec 2
and GG No 33 of 31.1.2003, p 599.
2003No 36Firearms Amendment (Prohibited
Pistols) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003.Date of commencement, 1.10.2003, sec 2 and GG No 154 of 26.9.2003, p
No 38Occupational Health and Safety
22.7.2003.Date of commencement of Sch 2.7, 1.9.2005, sec 2 and GG No 110 of
No 85Crimes Legislation Further
Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 5.12.2003.Date of commencement of Sch 5, 14.2.2004, sec 2 and GG No 12 of
16.1.2004, p 163.
No 87Veterinary Practice Act
2003. Assented to 5.12.2003.Date of commencement of Sch 3.11, 1.9.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 111 of
1.9.2006, p 7064.
No 92Firearms and Crimes Legislation
Amendment (Public Safety) Act 2003. Assented to
10.12.2003.Date of commencement, 15.12.2003, sec 2 and GG No 196 of 12.12.2003, p
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2004. Assented to 10.12.2004.Date of commencement of Sch 1.15, assent, sec 2
2005. Assented to 14.4.2005.Date of commencement of Sch 3.14, 30.9.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 120 of
No 63Security Industry Amendment Act
2005. Assented to 1.7.2005.Date of commencement of sec 4, 1.9.2007, sec 2 and GG No 98 of 3.8.2007,
p 5339.
2006No 73Crimes Amendment (Apprehended
Violence) Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006.Date of commencement of Sch 3.14, 12.3.2007, sec 2 and GG No 41 of
No 82Firearms Amendment (Good
Behaviour Bonds) Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006.Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Act 2006. Assented to 22.11.2006.Date of commencement of Sch 3.12, 1.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 22 of
2007No 80Crimes (Domestic and Personal
Provisions) Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008.Date of commencement of Sch 2.24, assent, sec 2
Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008.Date of commencement of Sch 6.9, 1.1.2009, sec 2
No 113Security Industry Amendment Act
2008. Assented to 10.12.2008.Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, 1.1.2010, sec 2 and GG No 13 of
16.1.2009, p 291.
No 119Crimes (Domestic and Personal
Violence) Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008.Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2009No 56Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 2009. Assented to 1.7.2009.Date of commencement of Sch 1.16, 17.7.2009, sec 2
2012No 34Firearms Amendment (Ammunition
Control) Act 2012. Assented to 5.6.2012.Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1] and [4], 4.3.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (70)
LW 1.3.2013; date of commencement of Sch 1 [2] and [3], 8.4.2013, sec 2 and
2013 (70) LW 1.3.2013.
Provisions) Act 2012. Assented to 21.6.2012.Date of commencement of Sch 1.10, 6.7.2012, sec 2
No 49Security Industry Amendment Act
2012. Assented to 25.6.2012.Date of commencement of Sch 2.1 [2], assent, sec 2 (1); date of
commencement of Sch 2 [1] and [3]–[7], 1.11.2012, sec 2
No 96Forestry Act
2012. Assented to 21.11.2012.Date of commencement of Sch 4.9, 1.1.2013, sec 2 and 2012 (680) LW
This Act has also been amended by regulations made under sec
Sec 4Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2001 No 24, Sch 1
[1]–[4]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [1]; 2003 No 38,
Sch 2.7; 2007 No 80, Sch 2.14 [1] [2]; 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2008 No 119,
Sch 2.4 [1] [2]; 2010 No 40, Sch 2 [1]; 2012 No 49, Sch 2.1
[1].Secs 4A, 4BIns 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [5].Sec 4CIns 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [2].Sec 4DIns 2010 No 40, Sch 2 [2]. Am 2012 No 42, Sch 1.10
[1].Sec 6Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2003 No 85, Sch 5
[1]; 2008 No 62, Sch 2.24 [1] [2].Sec 6AAIns 2012 No 49, Sch 2.1 [2].Sec 6AIns 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [3]. Subst 2010 No 40, Sch 2
[3].Sec 6BIns 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [3].Sec 7Am 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [6]; 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [1];
2003 No 85, Sch 5 [2]–[5].Sec 7AIns 2003 No 85, Sch 5 [6].Sec 8Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [5]–[17]; 2001 No 24,
Sch 1 [7]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2004 No 91,
Sch 1.15; 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2010 No 92, Sch 1 [1]
[2].Sec 9Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [18] [19]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1
[5].Sec 11Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [20]–[22]; 2001 No 24,
Sch 1 [8]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [6]–[8]; 2006 No 82, Sch 1 [1]; 2008 No 66,
Sch 1 [6].Sec 12, TableAm 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [23]–[27]; 2003 No 36,
Sch 1 [5]; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.11; 2007 No 82, Sch 1.9 [1] [2]; 2008 No 112, Sch
6.9; 2012 No 96, Sch 4.9 [1]–[3].Sec 14Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [28].Sec 15Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [29].Sec 16Am 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [6]; 2012 No 49, Sch 2.1 [3]
[4].Secs 16A, 16BIns 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [7].Sec 16CIns 2012 No 49, Sch 2.1 [5].Sec 17AIns 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [30]. Am 2008 No 66, Sch 1
[7].Sec 17BIns 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [9].Sec 17CIns 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [8].Sec 18Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1
[31]–[33].Sec 20Subst 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [34]. Am 2003 No 36, Sch 1
[9] [10].Sec 20AIns 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [35].Sec 21Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [36] [37]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1
[11] [12]; 2012 No 49, Sch 2.1 [6].Sec 22Am 2006 No 73, Sch 3.14 [1] [2]; 2007 No 80, Sch
2.14 [3] [4]; 2010 No 40, Sch 2 [4].Sec 24Am 1997 No 77, Sch 5.13 [1]; 2002 No 107, Sch 2.2
[1]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [13]; 2005 No 63, sec 4; 2008 No 113, Sch 2.1 [1] [2];
2010 No 40, Sch 2 [5]; 2012 No 49, Sch 2.1 [7].Sec 25Am 2010 No 40, Sch 2 [6] [7]; 2012 No 42, Sch 1.10
[2].Sec 26Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [38]; 2003 No 85, Sch 5
[1].Sec 27Am 2003 No 85, Sch 5 [1].Sec 28Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [39].Sec 29Am 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [10]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [9]
[10]; 2006 No 82, Sch 1 [2].Sec 30Am 2007 No 82, Sch 1.9 [3]; 2010 No 40, Sch 2
[8]–[10]; 2010 No 119, Sch 2.21; 2012 No 42, Sch 1.10
[3].Sec 31Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [40]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [14];
2008 No 66, Sch 1 [8]; 2010 No 92, Sch 1 [3].Sec 31AIns 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2010 No 92, Sch 1
[4].Sec 32Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1
[41]–[43].Sec 34Am 2008 No 62, Sch 2.24 [1].Sec 36Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [44]; 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [2];
2009 No 56, Sch 1.16.Sec 37Am 2001 No 112, Sch 3.6 [1].Sec 42AIns 2002 No 107, Sch 2.2 [2]. Am 2008 No 113, Sch
2.1 [3].Sec 43Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [45] [46]; 2001 No 24, Sch 1
[11]. Subst 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [11].Sec 44Subst 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [12]. Am 2001 No 112, Sch
3.6 [2].Sec 44AIns 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [12]. Am 2006 No 82, Sch 1
[3].Sec 45Am 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [13]–[17]; 2001 No 112,
Sch 3.6 [3]; 2002 No 53, Sch 2.14; 2010 No 92, Sch 1 [5].Sec 45AIns 2012 No 34, Sch 1 [1].Sec 47Am 2010 No 92, Sch 1 [6] [7].Sec 48Am 2001 No 112, Sch 3.6 [1].Sec 49Am 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [11].Sec 50Am 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [18]; 2002 No 47, Sch 2
[3].Sec 50AAIns 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [1].Sec 50AIns 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [12].Sec 51Subst 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2
[4]–[8].Sec 51AIns 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2
[9].Sec 51BIns 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2003 No 92, Sch 2
[2].Secs 51BA, 51BBIns 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [3].Sec 51CIns 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [19].Sec 51DIns 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [13].Sec 51EIns 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [15].Sec 52Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [47] [48]; 2001 No 112, Sch
3.6 [4]; 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [10].Sec 53Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [49]; 2008 No 66, Sch 1
[11].Sec 54Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [50].Sec 56Subst 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [51].Sec 57Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [52].Sec 58Am 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [16]
[17].Sec 60Am 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [18].Sec 62Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [10].Sec 63Am 2002 No 47, Schs 1 [14], 2 [11]; 2003 No 36, Sch
1 [19].Sec 64Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [12].Sec 65Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [53]–[56] (am 1997 No
55, Sch 2.6); 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [11] [20]; 2001 No 112, Sch 3.6 [4]; 2012 No
34, Sch 1 [2].Sec 65AIns 2012 No 34, Sch 1 [3].Sec 66Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [13].Sec 70Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [14].Sec 71Am 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [4].Sec 71, noteIns 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [5].Sec 71AIns 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [6].Sec 72Subst 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [21]. Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2
[15].Part 6AIns 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [15]. Rep 2002 No 103, Sch
4.35.Sec 72AIns 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [15]. Am 2005 No 11, Sch
3.14. Rep 2002 No 103, Sch 4.35.Secs 72B–72EIns 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [15]. Rep 2002 No 103, Sch
4.35.Sec 74Am 2002 No 47, Sch 2 [16].Part 8Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 5.13
[2].Sec 75Subst 1997 No 77, Sch 5.13 [2]. Am 1998 No 48, Sch
2.6 [1] [2]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [16].Secs 76, 77Rep 1997 No 77, Sch 5.13 [2].Sec 78Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [57]–[60]. Subst 2003
No 36, Sch 1 [20]. Am 2006 No 94, Sch 3.12. Rep 2007 No 82, Sch 1.9
[4].Sec 78AIns 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [61]. Subst 2003 No 36, Sch
1 [21]. Rep 2007 No 82, Sch 1.9 [4].Sec 79Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [62]–[64]. Subst 2003
No 36, Sch 1 [22].Sec 79AIns 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [23].Sec 80Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.8; 2002 No 107, Sch 2.2 [3];
2007 No 82, Sch 1.9 [5]; 2007 No 94, Sch 3.Sec 81Am 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [17]; 2008 No 62, Sch 2.24
[1].Sec 82AIns 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [24]. Am 2003 No 85, Sch 5
[1].Sec 84Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.24; 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [22];
2001 No 121, Sch 2.116 [1] [2]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [18] [19]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1
[25]; 2003 No 85, Sch 5 [1]; 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [7] [8]; 2007 No 94, Sch
2.Sec 85Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.116 [3]; 2007 No 94, Sch
2.Sec 85AIns 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [12].Sec 87Am 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [9].Sec 88Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [65]–[67]; 2001 No 24,
Sch 1 [23]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [26] [27]; 2007 No 82, Sch 1.9
[6].Sec 90Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.Sec 93Ins 2001 No 24, Sch 1 [24].Sch 1Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [68]; GG No 108 of 17.7.1998,
p 5491; 2010 No 40, Sch 2 [11].Sch 2Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.Sch 3Am 1996 No 135, Sch 1 [69]–[76]; 2001 No 24,
Sch 1 [25] [26]; 2002 No 47, Sch 1 [20] [21]; 2003 No 36, Sch 1 [28] [29];
2003 No 85, Sch 5 [1]; 2003 No 92, Sch 2 [10] [11]; 2008 No 66, Sch 1 [13]
[14]; 2010 No 40, Sch 2 [12] [13]; 2010 No 92, Sch 1 [8]; 2012 No 34, Sch 1
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