You can find information about when a written authority or permit is given in section 65D of the Arms Act 1983. This section is called Grounds for issue of written authority or written permit and it is about foreign personal protection officers. It was repealed on 1 October 1999 by section 65H(1)(a).

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65C: Power to permit temporary importation of firearms, etc, by foreign personal protection officer, or

"Temporary import of guns by foreign bodyguards"

65E: Conditions of written authority or written permit, or

"Rules for permits for foreign bodyguards"

Part 9Miscellaneous provisions
Foreign personal protection officers

65DGrounds for issue of written authority or written permit (Repealed)

Notes

Section 65D: repealed, on 1 October 1999, by section 65H(1)(a).

Arms Act 1983

Miscellaneous provisions - Foreign personal protection officers

65D: Grounds for issue of written authority or written permit

"When police give special permits to bodyguards from other countries"

Part 9Miscellaneous provisionsForeign personal protection officers

65DGrounds for issue of written authority or written permit (Repealed)

Part 9Miscellaneous provisions
Foreign personal protection officers