Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) An exempt
collector or any other person who, for the purpose of adding to an exempt
collector’s private collection —
(a)
brings or sends into the State a specified prohibited weapon; or
(b)
purchases a specified prohibited weapon from a person who is lawfully entitled
to sell the weapon,
does not commit an
offence under section 6(1)(a) or (c) of the Act.
(2) An exempt
collector or any other person who, for the purpose of keeping, adding to, or
disposing of all or any of an exempt collector’s private collection,
carries or possesses a specified prohibited weapon does not commit an offence
under section 6(1)(b) of the Act.
(3) An exempt
collector or any other person who, for the purpose of disposing of all or any
of an exempt collector’s private collection, sells or supplies a
specified prohibited weapon to a person who is lawfully entitled to purchase
or possess the weapon does not commit an offence under section 6(1)(c) of
the Act.
(4) If the Minister is
satisfied that —
(a) a
person was on or before the relevant date a genuine collector of specified
prohibited weapons;
(b) the
person is fit and proper to be an exempt collector of specified prohibited
weapons; and
(c)
adequate arrangements exist to keep the collection secure,
the Minister may give
to the person written notice that the person is an exempt collector.
(5) If, after giving a
notice under subregulation (4), the Minister is no longer satisfied as to
any of the circumstances described in that subregulation, the Minister may
give to the exempt collector written notice that, on a day specified in the
notice (being a day that is not less than 30 days after the notice is
given), the person ceases to be an exempt collector, and the notice has effect
accordingly.
(6) In this
regulation —
exempt collector means a person who has been given
a notice under subregulation (4) and has not ceased to be an exempt
collector because of a notice under subregulation (5);
relevant date —
(a) in
relation to an article described in the third column of Schedule 1
item 3, 7, 10, 11, 12 or 13 — means
29 February 2000;
(b) in
relation to the article described in the third column of Schedule 1
item 7A — means 1 July 2011;
specified prohibited weapon means an article
described in the third column of Schedule 1 item 3, 7, 7A, 10, 11,
12 or 13.
[Regulation 9 inserted in Gazette
10 Mar 2000 p. 1122‑3; amended in Gazette 8 Apr 2011
p. 1282‑3.]