Firearms Amendment Regulations 2007
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Firearms Act 1996 .
22 October 2007W. J. E. COX
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
D. E. LLEWELLYN
Minister for Police and Emergency Management
These regulations may be cited as the Firearms Amendment Regulations 2007 .
These regulations take effect on 1 November 2007.
In these regulations, the Firearms Regulations 2006 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 5A inserted
After regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted:5A. Prescribed firearms – stun guns
(1) For paragraph (f) of the definition of firearm in section 3 of the Act, a stun gun is a prescribed thing.(2) In this regulation –stun gun means a hand-held device, such as the weapon commonly known as a TASER, that is designed or adapted to administer, either through direct contact or indirectly through something conductive fired from the device, an electric shock to a human being for the purpose of dazing, disorienting, incapacitating, subduing or injuring that human being.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 31 October 2007
These regulations are administered in the Department of Police and Emergency Management.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Firearms Regulations 2006 by providing that electric stun guns like TASERS are firearms within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1996 with the result that, on and after 1 November 2007, they will be subject to the prohibitions and controls of that Act.