16Transitional provision—Control of Weapons Amendment Act 2010

16 Transitional provision—Control of Weapons Amendment Act 2010 (1) An exemption granted by the Governor in Council under section 8B(1) before the commencement of section 7 of the **Control of Weapons Amendment Act 2010**— (a) does not exempt any class of persons or any class of prohibited weapons from section 5(1AC) or (1AD); and (b) may be varied or revoked by the Governor in Council under section 8B(4). (2) An approval granted by the Chief Commissioner under section 8C(1) before the commencement of section 8 of the **Control of Weapons Amendment Act 2010** does not include an approval to do anything that is prohibited by section 5(1AC) or (1AD). (3) Sections 11B and 11C apply only to offences alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of section 15 of the **Control of Weapons Amendment Act 2010**. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates and section 15 of the **Control of Weapons Amendment Act 2010** commences on a date between those two dates, the offence is alleged to have been committed before the commencement of that provision. S. 17 repealed by No. 26/1997 s. 8, new s. 17 inserted by No. 35/2012 s. 17.