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WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 3
Principles and objects of Act
3 Principles and objects of Act
(1) The underlying principles of this Act are-- (a) to confirm that the
possession and use of prohibited weapons is a privilege that is conditional on
the overriding need to ensure public safety, and
(b) to improve public safety
by imposing strict controls on the possession and use of prohibited weapons.
(2) The specific objects of this Act are as follows-- (a) to require each
person who possesses or uses a prohibited weapon under the authority of a
permit to have a genuine reason for possessing or using the weapon,
(b) to
provide strict requirements that must be satisfied in relation to the
possession and use of prohibited weapons,
(c) to provide an amnesty period to
enable the surrender of prohibited weapons.
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