1Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Weapons Control Regulations
2001.
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These Regulations may be cited as the Weapons Control Regulations
2001.
The articles specified in Schedule 1 are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of controlled weapon in section 3 of the Act.
The articles specified in Schedule 2 are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of prohibited weapon in section 3 of the Act.
For section 13(2A) of the Act:
(a) the prohibited weapons specified in Schedule 2, items 17 and 18 are prescribed; and
the following persons are prescribed:
a crowd controller who:
(A) is applying for an approval for the purpose of performing the functions of a crowd controller at premises licensed under the Liquor Act 2019 with a takeaway authority under section 47(1)(e) of that Act; and
(B) will be performing those functions only in a part of those premises where liquor is only sold for consumption off those premises;
(ii) a security firm that is applying for an approval for the purpose of supplying the services of crowd controllers in the circumstances mentioned in subparagraph (i);
(iii) a person applying for an approval for the purpose of providing instruction in the use of a prohibited weapon specified in Schedule 2, item 17 or 18;
(iv) a person applying for an approval for the purpose of disposing of a prohibited weapon specified in Schedule 2, item 17 or 18.
In this regulation:
crowd controller, see section 5 of the Private Security Act 1995.
security firm, see section 7 of the Private Security Act 1995.
The fees specified in column 2 of Schedule 3 are prescribed for the purposes of the provision of the Act specified opposite in column 1 of the Schedule.
A record of sale for the purposes of section 11 of the Act is to be kept in accordance with this regulation.
Each sale of a prohibited weapon or body armour is to be recorded in a bound book of A4 size, containing an original and a duplicate of each page.
The record of sale in the bound book is to contain the information specified in Schedule 4.
A person who sells a prohibited weapon or body armour must provide the original copy of the record of sale to the Commissioner of Police within 7 days after the sale.
Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 20 penalty units.
If the offender is a corporation – 100 penalty units.
(1) For section 16(1)(a) of the Act, a prohibited weapon or body armour is stored safely and securely if:
(a) for a prohibited weapon specified in Schedule 2, item 17 or 18 – when the weapon is not being used or carried, it is stored in a locked receptacle that:
complies with the requirements specified in Schedule 2A; and
(ii) if the receptacle weighs less than 150 kg when empty – is fixed to a wall or floor in a manner that prevents its easy removal; or
(b) otherwise – all reasonable precautions are taken to ensure that:
it is not stolen or lost; and
(ii) it does not come into the possession of a person who is not authorised to possess it.
(2) Subregulation (1)(a) does not apply in relation to a prohibited weapon if the person in possession of the weapon satisfies the Commissioner that the person has alternative arrangements for the safe and secure storage of the weapon that are of a standard not less than the requirements under that paragraph.
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