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126Exemption for holder of prohibited weapons permit for silencer
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#### 126 Exemption for holder of prohibited weapons permit for silencer
126 Exemption for holder of prohibited weapons permit for silencer
> > (1) A person who is the holder of a permit under the [Weapons Prohibition Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-127) that authorises the person to possess and use a silencer is exempt from a provision of the Act that requires the person to be authorised by a permit to possess or use a prohibited firearm that is a firearm to which the silencer is fitted if the person is the holder of a licence under the Act that authorises the person to possess or use the firearm concerned.
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> > (2) In this clause, silencer means an article or device capable of muffling, reducing or stopping the noise created by firing a firearm.