Weapons Prohibition Regulation 2017

The Commissioner may, on application by a person on behalf of an historic or commemorative club or society (or other organisation) that proposes to conduct an historical or commemorative re-enactment event or events involving the possession and use of prohibited weapons, issue the person with a prohibited weapons—re-enactment event permit that—

authorises the club, society or organisation to conduct and supervise the re-enactment event or events specified in the permit and to possess the prohibited weapons to which the permit relates for the purposes of those events, and

authorises participants to possess and use the prohibited weapons to which the permit relates for the purposes of participating in those events.

A prohibited weapons—re-enactment event permit also authorises any person who holds a permit that authorises the possession or use of a prohibited weapon to use the prohibited weapon for the purposes of participation in any historical re-enactment event conducted under the authority of the prohibited weapons—re-enactment event permit.

The Commissioner must not issue a prohibited weapons—re-enactment event permit unless the Commissioner is satisfied that the historic or commemorative nature of the event concerned requires participants in the event to possess and use the prohibited weapons specified in the application.

A prohibited weapons—re-enactment event permit is subject to the following conditions—

the permit holder must notify the police officer in charge of a police station that is nearest to the place at which the relevant historical or commemorative re-enactment event is to take place about the event not more than 7 days before the event takes place,

in conducting and supervising the event, the permit holder must take all reasonable precautions to ensure that any prohibited weapon involved in the event does not come into the possession of a person who is not authorised to possess the weapon,

if the permit relates to a prohibited weapon that operates by the firing of a projectile with which it is loaded, the weapon may only be possessed or used for the purposes of the event if it is not loaded with any such thing.

An applicant for a prohibited weapons—re-enactment event permit must provide the Commissioner with the following information—

the location of the event,

the kinds of prohibited weapons that are to be present at the event,

the security measures that will be put in place at the event.

A prohibited weapons—re-enactment event permit may be issued in relation to historical or commemorative re-enactment events held on one or more days or held on a periodic basis.