South Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

FIREARMS REGULATIONS 1993 - REG 7

7—Exempt firearms

The following firearms are exempt from the provision of the Act and these regulations:

            (b)         captive bolt guns;

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

            (d)         rocket line launchers;

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

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

            (h)         dog retrievers;

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

            (j)         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;

            (k)         an underwater firearm,

and 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).