§ 90 — Regulations

90.—(1) The Minister may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.(2) In particular, the Minister may make regulations for any of the following:(a)

classes of licences;

(b)

the form and manner in which, and the time within which, an application for the grant of a licence or security clearance may be made under this Act;

(c)

the carrying out of inquiries of applicants for a licence or a security clearance;

(d)

the fees to be paid in respect of applications for the grant of a licence and otherwise in connection with the administration of this Act, and for the waiver, reduction or refund of fees charged;

(e)

the records that must be kept by licensees and the provision of returns and other information with respect to the regulated activities authorised by their respective licences, including audio and visual records about those activities;

(f)

the storage, identification, maintenance, carrying, conveyance, altering, repair, testing and use of guns, major parts of a gun, gun accessories, explosives, explosive precursors, weapons or noxious substances;

(g)

measures to deal with safety, and safety incidents and accidents, involving guns, major parts of a gun, gun accessories, explosives, explosive precursors, weapons, noxious substances, shooting ranges or paintball ranges involved in the carrying on of a regulated activity, and make provision in relation to mandatory reporting to a Licensing Officer those safety incidents and accidents;

(h)

guns and weapons training courses;

(i)

training and supervision in relation to the use of guns, explosives or weapons;

(j)

the control and regulation of explosives and explosive precursors, including but not limited to the following:(i)

the handling of explosives or explosive precursors;

(ii)

premises, conveyances, containers and any other equipment, containers or things which are intended for use, are being used or have been used in connection with explosives or explosive precursors;

(iii)

smoking, the lighting or use of fire and any other dangerous, or potentially dangerous, prescribed activities in the vicinity of explosives or explosive precursors;

(iv)

the inspection, examination and testing of explosives or explosive precursors and equipment or containers intended for use or used in connection with explosives or explosive precursors;

(v)

records relating to explosives or explosive precursors and the furnishing of returns and other information relating to explosives or explosive precursors;

(k)

the approval of ranges or grounds of shooting range operators or paintball range operators as approved shooting ranges or paintball ranges, including applications for, and conditions of, approval of such ranges or grounds.

(3) Regulations made under this section may —(a)

make different provisions for different classes or descriptions of persons, or guns, major parts of a gun, gun accessories, explosives, explosive precursors, weapons, noxious substances, shooting ranges or paintball ranges, or different circumstances;

(b)

prescribe the offences under this Act that may be compounded;

(c)

create offences for a contravention of any provision of the Regulations, the penalty for which on conviction may be a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 18 months or both; and

(d)

provide for such saving, transitional and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions as are necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act.

—(1) The Minister may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) In particular, the Minister may make regulations for any of the following:(a)

classes of licences;

(b)

the form and manner in which, and the time within which, an application for the grant of a licence or security clearance may be made under this Act;

(c)

the carrying out of inquiries of applicants for a licence or a security clearance;

(d)

the fees to be paid in respect of applications for the grant of a licence and otherwise in connection with the administration of this Act, and for the waiver, reduction or refund of fees charged;

(e)

the records that must be kept by licensees and the provision of returns and other information with respect to the regulated activities authorised by their respective licences, including audio and visual records about those activities;

(f)

the storage, identification, maintenance, carrying, conveyance, altering, repair, testing and use of guns, major parts of a gun, gun accessories, explosives, explosive precursors, weapons or noxious substances;

(g)

measures to deal with safety, and safety incidents and accidents, involving guns, major parts of a gun, gun accessories, explosives, explosive precursors, weapons, noxious substances, shooting ranges or paintball ranges involved in the carrying on of a regulated activity, and make provision in relation to mandatory reporting to a Licensing Officer those safety incidents and accidents;

(h)

guns and weapons training courses;

(i)

training and supervision in relation to the use of guns, explosives or weapons;

(j)

the control and regulation of explosives and explosive precursors, including but not limited to the following:(i)

the handling of explosives or explosive precursors;

(ii)

premises, conveyances, containers and any other equipment, containers or things which are intended for use, are being used or have been used in connection with explosives or explosive precursors;

(iii)

smoking, the lighting or use of fire and any other dangerous, or potentially dangerous, prescribed activities in the vicinity of explosives or explosive precursors;

(iv)

the inspection, examination and testing of explosives or explosive precursors and equipment or containers intended for use or used in connection with explosives or explosive precursors;

(v)

records relating to explosives or explosive precursors and the furnishing of returns and other information relating to explosives or explosive precursors;

(k)

the approval of ranges or grounds of shooting range operators or paintball range operators as approved shooting ranges or paintball ranges, including applications for, and conditions of, approval of such ranges or grounds.

(3) Regulations made under this section may —(a)

make different provisions for different classes or descriptions of persons, or guns, major parts of a gun, gun accessories, explosives, explosive precursors, weapons, noxious substances, shooting ranges or paintball ranges, or different circumstances;

(b)

prescribe the offences under this Act that may be compounded;

(c)

create offences for a contravention of any provision of the Regulations, the penalty for which on conviction may be a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 18 months or both; and

(d)

provide for such saving, transitional and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions as are necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act.