Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

FIREARMS (PROHIBITED PISTOLS) AMENDMENT ACT 2003 (NO. 31 OF 2003) - SECT 27

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3     Notes

A note included in these regulations is explanatory and is not part of these regulations.

Note     See Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.

3A     Offences against regulations—application of Criminal Code etc

Other legislation applies in relation to offences against these regulations.

Note 1     Criminal Code

    The Criminal Code, ch 2 applies to the following offence against these regulations (see Code, pt 2.1):

              •     reg 31D (Target pistol shooters to notify club of change of name or address).

    The chapter sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility (including burdens of proof and general defences), and defines terms used for offences to which the Code applies (eg "conduct", "intention", recklessness and strict liability ).

Note 2     Penalty units

    The Legislation Act, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties that are expressed in penalty units.