Weapons Prohibition Regulation 2017
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48 Safe keeping requirement levels
48 Safe keeping requirement levels
(1) Level 1 requirements For the purposes of section 32B (1) of the Act, a prohibited weapon referred to in any of the following provisions of Schedule 1 to the Act is prescribed as a prohibited weapon that must comply with a level 1 requirement—
(a) clause 1,
(b) clause 2 (4)–(17A), (19)–(21) or (24),
(c) clause 3 (1)–(6),
(d) clause 4 (2) or (4)–(8).
(2) Level 2 requirements For the purposes of section 32C (1) of the Act, a prohibited weapon referred to in any of the following provisions of Schedule 1 to the Act is prescribed as a prohibited weapon that must comply with a level 2 requirement—
(a) clause 2 (18)–(18B), (22) or (23),
(b) clause 4 (1) or (3).
(3) Level 3 requirements For the purposes of section 32D (1) of the Act, a prohibited weapon referred to in clause 4 (9) of Schedule 1 to the Act is prescribed as a prohibited weapon that must comply with a level 3 requirement.
Note.
Under section 32D (1) of the Act, military-style weapons such as bombs, grenades, rockets, missiles or mines must also comply with a level 3 requirement.