Possession and use of firearms etc
17 Possession and use of firearms etc
Subject to this regulation, a person must not, without the permission of the relevant authority—
have control of, carry or use a firearm or other weapon;
or
have control of, carry or use fireworks or explosives, in a wilderness protection area or wilderness protection zone. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $1 250. Expiation fee: $150.
Subregulation (1)(a) does not apply to an Aboriginal person in relation to a firearm or other weapon that the person has control of, carries or uses for the purpose of taking animals in accordance with section 68D of the National Parks and Wildlife
Act 1972.
Subregulation (1)(b) does not apply in relation to explosives that a person has control of, carries or uses pursuant to a mining tenement and a proclamation under Part 3 Division 2 of the
Act.
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