Firearms Regulation 2017
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 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.
(2) In this clause, silencer means an article or device capable of muffling, reducing or stopping the noise created by firing a firearm.