Weapons Regulations 1999

An exempt collector or any other person who, for the purpose of adding to an exempt collector’s private collection —

brings or sends into the State a specified prohibited weapon; or

purchases a specified prohibited weapon from a person who is lawfully entitled to sell the weapon,

An exempt collector or any other person who, for the purpose of keeping, adding to, or disposing of all or any of an exempt collector’s private collection, carries or possesses a specified prohibited weapon does not commit an offence under section 6(1)(b) of the Act.

An exempt collector or any other person who, for the purpose of disposing of all or any of an exempt collector’s private collection, sells or supplies a specified prohibited weapon to a person who is lawfully entitled to purchase or possess the weapon does not commit an offence under section 6(1)(c) of the Act.

If the Minister is satisfied that —

a person was on or before the relevant date a genuine collector of specified prohibited weapons; and

the person is fit and proper to be an exempt collector of specified prohibited weapons; and

adequate arrangements exist to keep the collection secure,

If, after giving a notice under subregulation (4), the Minister is no longer satisfied as to any of the circumstances described in that subregulation, the Minister may give to the exempt collector written notice that, on a day specified in the notice (being a day that is not less than 30 days after the notice is given), the person ceases to be an exempt collector, and the notice has effect accordingly.

In this regulation —

in relation to an article described in the third column of Schedule 1 item 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 or 13 — means 29 February 2000;

in relation to the article described in the third column of Schedule 1 item 7A — means 1 July 2011;