89Firearms and other police equipment

89 Firearms and other police equipment

89 Firearms and other police equipment

(1) Commission investigators and Commission surveillance officers who are seconded police officers, approved former police officers or appropriately trained officers are exempt from the requirement made by the Firearms Act 1996 to be authorised by a licence or permit to possess or use semi-automatic pistols (or to possess ammunition for any such pistol), but only when acting in their capacity as officers of the Commission.

(2) Commission investigators and Commission surveillance officers who are seconded police officers, approved former police officers or appropriately trained officers are exempt from the requirement under the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 to be authorised by a permit to possess or use anti-personnel spray, batons, magazines for semi-automatic pistols, handcuffs and body armour vests, but only when acting in their capacity as officers of the Commission.

(3) An officer is an appropriately trained officer if the Commission certifies in writing that the officer is an appropriately trained officer for the purposes of this section.