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Arms Bill

Miscellaneous provisions - Orders in Council

364: Declaring items to be restricted weapons or high-energy airguns

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"The Governor-General can declare certain items as restricted weapons or high-energy airguns."

The Governor-General can make a special order to say what items are restricted weapons or high-energy airguns. You need to know that this order is made after the Secretary for Justice talks to the chief executive and the Police. The Governor-General makes this order on the advice of a Minister. The order can say that a specific item, like an airgun, is a restricted weapon or a high-energy airgun. You can identify these items by their name, trade name, or by describing a group of similar items. This helps clarify what items are affected by the order. The order is a type of secondary legislation, which means it has its own set of rules to follow, as outlined in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019, which explains how these orders are published.

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

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

365: Purpose of sections 366 to 373, or

"The Arms Regulator can get back its costs for certain activities."

Part 8Miscellaneous provisions
Orders in Council

364Declaring items to be restricted weapons or high-energy airguns

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, declare—
any item (including an airgun) to be a restricted weapon for the purposes of this Act; or
any airgun to be a high-energy airgun for the purposes of this Act.

Any Order in Council made under this section may relate to any item or airgun specified by its name or trade name, or to any class of items or airguns identified by a description of that class.
An order made under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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