South Australian Consolidated Regulations

FIREARMS REGULATIONS 2008 - REG 6

6—Exempt firearms

The following are excluded from the provisions of the Act and these regulations:

            (a)         captive bolt guns;

            (b)         tools or instruments powered by burning propellant or by compressed air or other compressed gas;

            (c)         rocket line launchers;

            (d)         devices designed to throw a net to catch animals;

            (e)         devices designed to throw an object for shotgun target practice;

            (f)         dog retrievers;

            (g)         Very pistols used only for signalling distress or rescuing persons in distress;

            (h)         a firearm that—

                  (i)         has been fitted with a transmitter of infrared electromagnetic waves or a receiver of such waves or both; and

                  (ii)         has been modified so as to be incapable of firing a projectile; and

                  (iii)         cannot easily be modified to fire projectiles;

                  (i)         an underwater firearm;

            (j)         receivers of firearms referred to in a preceding paragraph.

Note—

The definition of "firearm" in section 5(1) of the Act excludes an antique firearm. "Antique firearm" is defined in section 5(1).