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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 13 Hansard (5 December) . . Page.. 4505 ..
Requirements of applicants for certain licences
133. An applicant for a licence under this Act who has completed to the satisfaction of the Registrar a course of instruction approved by the Registrar under the former Act is not required to complete a firearms training and safety course referred to in paragraph 20(3)(b) of this Act before being issued with the licence.
Existing exemptions under the former Act
134. (1) The possession or use of a weapon pursuant to an exemption under regulations in force under the former Act -
(a) shall be taken to continue as if a permit were issued under DivisionÃ3 of Part III of this Act or Part III of the Prohibited Weapons Act 1996, as the case requires, corresponding with that exemption (as determined by the Registrar); and
(b) unless the permit is sooner surrendered or cancelled, continues in force until -
(i) the expiry of the term of the permit; or
(ii) the end of the period of 12 months commencing on the date of commencement of this section;
whichever first occurs.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the Registrar shall issue a permit under Division 3 of Part III of this Act or Part III of the Prohibited Weapons Act 1996, as the case requires, to the person to whom the possession or use relates.
Consequential amendments of other Acts
135. The Acts specified in Schedule 3 are amended as set out in that Schedule.Ã.
Schedule 2 -
Page 76, column 2, paragraph (c) (item relating to Category C licence (prohibited except for occupational purposes), omit Ãrepeating action (eg pump action)[Otilde], substitute Ãpump action[Otilde].
Page 77, column 2, paragraph (4) (item relating to Category D licence (prohibited except for official purposes), omit Ãrepeating action (eg pump action)[Otilde], substitute Ãpump action[Otilde].
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