Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

FIREARMS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1999 (NO. 29 OF 1999) - NOTES

NOTES

Principal Act

1. Reprinted as at 31 May 1997. See also Act No. 67, 1998.

Section headings

On the day on which the Firearms Act 1996 is amended by this Act, in addition to any alteration of section headings indicated in the text of this Act, headings to sections of the Principal Act are altered or inserted as set out in the following table:

Section	Alteration or insertion
4	Omit the heading, substitute the following heading: Definitions
4A	Insert the following heading: Extended meanings of firearm and prohibited firearm
4B	Insert the following heading: Extended meaning of possession
4C	Insert the following heading: Licences held by partnerships
4D	Insert the following heading: Persons responsible for certain actions etc
4E	Insert the following heading: Firearms owned by Governments
6A	Insert the following heading: When possession and use not an offence
6B	Insert the following heading: Diplomatic and consular representatives

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 25 March 1999]

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[Notified in ACT Gazette S24: 21 May 1999]