127Exemption relating to officers and employees of certain government agencies

127 Exemption relating to officers and employees of certain government agencies

127 Exemption relating to officers and employees of certain government agencies

(1) An inspector appointed under Part 4 of the Explosives Act 2003 who possesses or uses a prohibited firearm referred to in item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Act is not, while acting in the ordinary course of the inspector’s duties, required to hold a licence or permit authorising possession or use of the firearm.

(2) A person employed in the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment who possesses or uses a shotgun, or a prohibited firearm referred to in item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Act, that—

(a) is capable of propelling a bird net or other type of net, or

(b) is capable of discharging incendiary shells used for the purposes of authorised back-burning and bushfire hazard reduction programs,

is not, while acting in the ordinary course of the person’s duties as such an employee, required to hold a licence or permit authorising possession or use of the firearm.

cl 127: Am 2021 (314), Sch 1[24].