Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01033:reg:7:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01033
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 11/46)
Character Range: 256680–259134

reserve:
 (a) a firearm; or
 (b) a flail or spear; or
 (c) a snare or trap; or
 (d) a hunting‑bow, spear gun or any other device designed to discharge a projectile; or
 (e) a device for detecting minerals or metal; or
 (f) explosives or fireworks; or
 (g) a chainsaw; or
 (h) any device that can be used, or is designed, for taking an animal, other than a hook and line for catching fish or a hand‑held net designed to land a fish caught on a hook and line.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
 (2) However, subregulation (1) does not apply to:
 (a) use or possession of the item mentioned in that subregulation by a person to carry out commercial fishing operations that are authorised by a law of the Commonwealth, a State or self‑governing Territory or by a permit issued by the Director; or
 (b) possession of the item mentioned in that subregulation by a person on a vessel if:
 (i) the item is stowed securely; and
 (ii) the vessel is in passage through a marine area or anchored or moored in a marine area.
 (3) Also, paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a police officer who is acting in that capacity.
 (4) Also, paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a firearm that is registered under a law of the Northern Territory for the registration of firearms and is in the possession of:
 (a) a person who is a resident of the Jabiru township and uses or possesses the firearm in a place in Kakadu National Park that is occupied under a lease or licence, from the Director, for recreational shooting; or
 (b) a person who is a resident of the Jabiru township and is transporting the firearm:
 (i) to or from a place mentioned in paragraph (a); or
 (ii) on the Arnhem or Kakadu Highway, the road between the Arnhem Highway and Oenpelli or the road between the Kakadu Highway and Cooinda.
 (4A) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to the use or possession of a spear in an area if the Director has made a determination under paragraph 12.35(3)(b) that a spear may be used for taking fish in the area.
 (4B) Paragraph (1)(d) does not apply to the use or possession of a spear gun in an area if the Director has made a determination under paragraph 12.35(3)(b) that a spear gun may be used for taking fish in the area.
 (5) Also, paragraph (1)(g) does not apply to:
 (a) a person who carries or has control of a chainsaw in a vehicle, vessel or aircraft in passage through a reserve if the chainsaw is not removed from the vehicle, vessel or aircraft; or
 (b) a person who is