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TASMANIA
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FIREARMS AMENDMENT (RAPID FIRE
SHOTGUNS - COMMUNITY SAFETY) BILL 2015
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CONTENTS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
PART 2 - FIREARMS ACT 1996 AMENDED
3. Principal Act
4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
5. Section 14 amended (Category A firearms licence)
6. Section 16 amended (Category C firearms licence)
7. Section 17 amended (Category D firearms licence)
8. Schedule 1 amended (Prohibited Firearms)
PART 3 - REPEAL OF ACT
9. Repeal of Act
[Bill]
FIREARMS AMENDMENT (RAPID FIRE
SHOTGUNS - COMMUNITY SAFETY) BILL 2015
(Brought in by the Greens Shadow Minister for Police and
Emergency Management, Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Firearms Act 1996
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Firearms
Amendment (Rapid Fire Shotguns - Community
Safety) Act 2015.
2. Commencement
The provisions of this Act commence on a day
or days to be proclaimed.
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Firearms Amendment (Rapid Fire Shotguns - Community
Safety) Act 2015
Act No. of
s. 3 Part 2 - Firearms Act 1996 Amended
PART 2 - FIREARMS ACT 1996 AMENDED
3. Principal Act
In this Part, the Firearms Act 1996* is referred to as the
Principal Act.
4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the
following definition after the definition of prohibited
pistol:
rapid fire shotgun means a pump or
lever action shotgun, or any other
shotgun that uses a mechanism that
enables spent ammunition to be ejected
and fresh ammunition chambered from
a magazine in rapid succession;
5. Section 14 amended (Category A firearms licence)
Section 14(1)(c) of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting "pump action or self-loading" and substituting
"rapid fire shotgun or self-loading shotgun"
6. Section 16 amended (Category C firearms licence)
Section 16(1)(c) of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting "pump action" and substituting "rapid fire"
*No. 23 of 1996
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Firearms Amendment (Rapid Fire Shotguns - Community
Safety) Act 2015
Act No. of
Part 2 - Firearms Act 1996 Amended s. 7
7. Section 17 amended (Category D firearms licence)
Section 17(1)(c) of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting "pump action" and substituting "rapid fire"
8. Schedule 1 amended (Prohibited Firearms)
Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting
"pump action" and substituting "rapid fire"
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Firearms Amendment (Rapid Fire Shotguns - Community
Safety) Act 2015
Act No. of
s. 9 Part 3 - Repeal of Act
PART 3 - REPEAL OF ACT
9. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the three hundred and sixty
fifth day from the day on which all of the provisions of
this Act commence.
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