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Arms Bill

Miscellaneous provisions - Orders in Council

363: Order in Council relating to definitions of restricted firearm, restricted magazine, and restricted ammunition

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"The Governor-General can create a rule about what guns and ammo are restricted."

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The Governor-General can make a special rule about what guns, magazines, and ammunition are restricted. You need to know that this rule is made after the Secretary for Justice talks to the chief executive and the Police. The Governor-General can say that some semi-automatic firearms, pump-action firearms, magazines, and ammunition are restricted. The Governor-General's rule is a type of secondary legislation, which means it has to follow certain rules, like being published in a certain way, as outlined in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. You can find out more about this in the Legislation Act 2019. The rule also has to be confirmed by a law passed by Parliament, as explained in subpart 3 of Part 5 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 8Miscellaneous provisions
Orders in Council

363Order in Council relating to definitions of restricted firearm, restricted magazine, and restricted ammunition

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the responsible Minister after being satisfied that the Secretary for Justice has consulted the chief executive and the Police,—

  2. declare any semi-automatic firearm (except a small semi-automatic pistol) or pump-action firearm of a stated name or description to be a restricted firearm for the purposes of this Act:
    1. declare any magazine of a stated name or description to be a restricted magazine for the purposes of this Act:
      1. declare any ammunition to be restricted ammunition for the purposes of this Act.

        1. An order made under this section—

        2. is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements); and
          1. must be confirmed by an Act (see subpart 3 of Part 5 of the Legislation Act 2019).

            Notes