sec.172Undecided application for particular blank-fire firearms licence

sec.172 Undecided application for particular blank-fire firearms licence

This section applies if— before the commencement, a person applied for a blank-fire firearms licence for a category A weapon and the application had not been decided; and on the commencement, under the amended categories regulation, the category of the weapon changed from category A to category B, C, D or R. To the extent the application relates to the weapon, the application is taken to relate to the weapon as a weapon of the category it is under the amended categories regulation. The application must be read with the changes necessary to make it consistent with the weapon being of the category it is under the amended categories regulation. In this section— amended categories regulation means the Weapons Categories Regulation 1997 as amended by the Weapons Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2017 . s 172 ins 2017 SL No. 117 s 14 (sec.172-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, a person applied for a blank-fire firearms licence for a category A weapon and the application had not been decided; and on the commencement, under the amended categories regulation, the category of the weapon changed from category A to category B, C, D or R. (sec.172-ssec.2) To the extent the application relates to the weapon, the application is taken to relate to the weapon as a weapon of the category it is under the amended categories regulation. (sec.172-ssec.3) The application must be read with the changes necessary to make it consistent with the weapon being of the category it is under the amended categories regulation. (sec.172-ssec.4) In this section— amended categories regulation means the Weapons Categories Regulation 1997 as amended by the Weapons Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2017 .

• (a) before the commencement, a person applied for a blank-fire firearms licence for a category A weapon and the application had not been decided; and
• (b) on the commencement, under the amended categories regulation, the category of the weapon changed from category A to category B, C, D or R.