4Definitions

4 Definitions

(1) In this Ordinance:

authorised AFMA officer means an officer within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition of officer in subsection 4(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Director means the Director of the Division.

Division means the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department.

firearm means a device designed or adapted to discharge shot, bullets or other projectiles by means of an explosive charge or a compressed gas, whether fitted with a magazine or other feeding device or not, but does not include the following devices:

(a) a nailing or stapling gun;
(b) an explosive‑powered fixing tool;
(c) a flare gun, or other signalling device, designed for emergency or life‑saving purposes;
(d) a line‑thrower;
(e) a tranquilliser gun;
(f) a gun that operates a captive bolt for the slaughter of animals;
(g) a device for the casting of weighted nets;
(h) an underwater powerhead.

historic weapon means a weapon declared to be a historic weapon under section 14.

Register means the register of weapons established under section 21.

weapon means:

(a) a firearm; or
(b) a tranquilliser gun; or
(c) a crossbow; or
(d) an article of a kind mentioned in item 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 18, 18A, 18B, 18C, 18D, 19, 19A, 20, 21, 22, 23 or 29A of Schedule 2 to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 of the Commonwealth; or
(e) an article prescribed under subsection (2).

(2) For paragraph (e) of the definition of weapon in subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations prescribing an article that is designed or adapted, or is capable of being adapted, to harm or incapacitate a person or an animal.