Terms used

In force

In this Act —

acquire means acquire by sale or gift;

ammunition —

(a)

means ammunition for a firearm; and

(b)

includes the following —

(i)

anything made, modified or intended for use as ammunition for a firearm;

(ii)

blank ammunition;

(iii)

any other thing prescribed by the regulations;

but

(c)

does not include any of the following —

(i)

ammunition incapable of being fired, including an inert cartridge, a dummy round, and a drill round that does not contain a primer or propellant;

(ii)

a prescribed paintball pellet;

(iii)

any other thing prescribed by the regulations;

approval means an approval by the Commissioner under a provision of this Act;

approved means approved by the Commissioner;

approved firearms trainer means a person who is approved by the Commissioner under section 24 to provide firearms training;

authorised person, for a licence, means a person who is an authorised person for the licence as referred to in section 23(2);

calibre, of a firearm, means —

(a)

the size of the bore of the firearm; and

(b)

the name of the calibre of the ammunition for which the firearm is chambered;

category, of a firearm, has the meaning given in section 8(3);

Commissioner means the person holding or acting in the office of Commissioner of Police under the Police Act 1892;

deal in means to acquire and supply in the course of a business;

Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of this Act;

disqualified person has the meaning given in section 9(1);

disqualifying offence means an offence that is —

(a)

a serious offence as defined in the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 section 128(1); or

(b)

an offence under the law of another Australian jurisdiction that substantially corresponds to an offence referred to paragraph (a); or

(c)

an offence under this Act that is prescribed by the regulations as a disqualifying offence; or

(d)

an offence under the Weapons Act 1999 that is prescribed by the regulations as a disqualifying offence; or

(e)

an offence under The Criminal Code that is prescribed by the regulations as a disqualifying offence; or

(f)

an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 that is prescribed by the regulations as a disqualifying offence;

disqualifying order means an order that is —

(a)

a violence restraining order, family violence restraining order or conduct agreement order made under the Restraining Orders Act 1997; or

(b)

an order (however described) made under a corresponding law (as defined in the Restraining Orders Act 1997 section 3(1)) having an effect that is the same as or similar to the effect of an order referred to in paragraph (a); or

(c)

an order of a kind that is prescribed by the regulations as a disqualifying order;

disseminate, in relation to firearm technology, has the meaning given in section 284;

family violence has the meaning given in the Restraining Orders Act 1997 section 5A;

finding of guilt has the meaning given in section 11;

fire, in relation to a firearm, includes discharge;

firearm has the meaning given in section 6;

firearm authority means a licence, permit or approval;

firearm authority health standards means standards of mental or physical health that are prescribed by the regulations as health standards that a person must meet to be considered a fit and proper person to hold a firearm authority;

firearms prohibition order has the meaning given in section 317(1);

firearms training means training and instruction in —

(a)

the safe handling and safe use of firearms; or

(b)

the proficient use of firearms;

firearm technology has the meaning given in section 284;

give possession, of a thing to a person, includes permit the person to take possession of or be in possession of the thing;

Government entity has the meaning given in section 101;

handgun means a firearm that —

(a)

is reasonably capable of being concealed about the person; and

(b)

can be aimed and fired from 1 hand;

immediate possession has the meaning given in section 13;

information includes documents;

interim disqualified person has the meaning given in section 9(2);

licence means a licence under Part 2;

licence card has the meaning given in section 206;

licensed firearm club means the body corporate that is the licensee under a Club Licence;

licensed firearm range means a firearm range to which a Range Licence applies;

major firearm part has the meaning given in section 14(1);

member of a disqualifying organisation has the meaning given in section 10(1);

occupier, in relation to land, means a person in exclusive possession or entitled to exclusive possession of the land;

officer, in relation to a body corporate, has the meaning given in the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) section 9;

paintball means a shooting sport in which players attempt to hit other players with paintball pellets fired from paintball guns;

paintball gun means a firearm that is made or modified to fire paintball pellets;

paintball pellet means a pellet that is —

(a)

made or modified to be fired from a firearm; and

(b)

designed to break on impact with the target at which it is fired for the purpose of marking the target with dye or a similar substance that the pellet contains;

permit means a permit under Part 3;

place has the meaning given in the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 section 3(1);

possession has the meaning given in section 12;

possession in compliant storage has the meaning given in section 183(1);

prescribed paintball gun means a paintball gun that complies with the requirements of the regulations for a prescribed paintball gun;

prescribed paintball pellet means a paintball pellet that complies with the requirements of the regulations for a prescribed paintball pellet;

prohibited accessory means any of the following —

(a)

a sound suppressor;

(b)

a device commonly known as a bump stock, being a stock that is made or modified to allow a self‑loading firearm to fire more rapidly than is possible with trigger‑finger manipulation alone;

(c)

a device commonly known as a folding stock, being a stock with a mechanism that allows the stock to be folded to reduce the overall length of a firearm;

(d)

a device commonly known as a detachable stock, being a stock that when removed from a firearm allows the firearm to remain capable of being fired;

(e)

a device, commonly known as a chassis carbine kit, that alters a firearm in such a way that the category of the firearm without the chassis carbine kit fitted is different from the category of the firearm with the chassis carbine kit fitted;

(f)

any other thing that is capable of being fitted to or used in conjunction with a firearm and that is prescribed by the regulations as a prohibited accessory;

prohibited ammunition means ammunition, or ammunition of a kind, prescribed by the regulations as prohibited ammunition;

prohibited firearm means a firearm, or a firearm of a kind, prescribed by the regulations as a prohibited firearm;

prohibited person means a person in relation to whom a firearms prohibition order is in force;

projectile means any solid or liquid projectile (including a bullet or shot) that when propelled is capable of causing personal injury;

reasonably suspects has the meaning given in the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 section 4;

related thing means the following things —

(a)

a major firearm part;

(b)

ammunition;

(c)

a prohibited accessory;

relevant management position has the meaning given in section 15;

responsible person, for a licence, means the person who is the responsible person for the licence as referred to in section 128(2);

serial number, on a firearm or major firearm part, includes any numbers, letters or symbols on the firearm or major firearm part that are for the purpose of the unique identification of the firearm or part;

sound suppressor —

(a)

means a device that is made or modified to be fitted to a firearm to reduce the loudness of the report that results from the firearm being fired; and

(b)

includes a device commonly known as a silencer;

supply —

(a)

means supply by sale or gift; and

(b)

includes offer to supply;

thing relevant to an offence has the meaning given in the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 section 5;

use a firearm has the meaning given in section 7(1);

vehicle has the meaning given in the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 section 3(1);

young person means a person who is under 18 years of age but not under 12 years of age.

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