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Foreword
The Queensland legislation controlling firearms, weapons and other items is the Weapons Act 1990. Throughout this information site, firearms have been referred to as weapons of a particular category for the purpose of consistency.
The definition of “weapon” is:
- a firearm; or
- another thing prescribed under a regulation to be a weapon or within a category of weapon; or
- a thing that would be a weapon mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), if it were not temporarily inoperable or incomplete.
Last updated
09/12/2005
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