Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:89a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 89A
Character Range: 1382064–1383239

89A  Discharging firearms on or over Commonwealth land
 (1) A person who, without lawful authority or excuse (proof whereof shall lie upon him or her), discharges a firearm upon or over a prohibited area commits an offence and the firearms shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
 (2) A person who commits an offence against this section may be apprehended by a constable or an authorized Commonwealth officer and detained in proper custody to be dealt with according to law.
 (3) An authorized Commonwealth officer shall not, under this section, apprehend a person unless he or she first produces to the person the instrument by virtue of which he or she is an authorized Commonwealth officer.
 (4) In this section:
authorized Commonwealth officer means a Commonwealth officer declared by a Minister, by instrument in writing, to be an authorized Commonwealth officer for the purposes of this section.
prohibited area means land belonging to, or in the occupation of, the Commonwealth or a public authority under the Commonwealth, being land upon which is posted a notice to the effect that shooting upon or over the land is prohibited.