Paintball Act 2018 (NSW)

Paintball Act 2018 No 44

An Act to remove the regulation of paintball markers from the Firearms Act 1996 and to instead establish a separate system of permits for the regulation of paintball markers and of paintball venues; and for other purposes.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Paintball Act 2018.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Definitions (1) In this Act— approved means approved by the Secretary from time to time. authorised officer means a person appointed under Division 2 of Part 6 or a police officer. authorised paintball venue means a paintball venue that is the subject of a paintball venue permit that is in force. authorised supplier means the following— (a) the holder of a paintball venue permit, (b) the holder of a firearms dealer licence under the Firearms Act 1996, (c) the holder of a weapons dealer permit under the Weapons Prohibition Act 1998. close associate—see section 4. Department means the Department of Customer Service. equivalent authorisation means a permit, licence, certificate, registration or other authorisation or qualification (however described) that is issued or conferred under the law of another Australian jurisdiction and that authorises the holder to do things similar to the things that a permit authorises a holder to do and includes anything that the regulations prescribe as an equivalent authorisation but does not include anything that the regulations prescribe as not being an equivalent authorisation. function includes a power, authority or duty, and exercise a function includes perform a duty. grant a permit includes grant a renewal or restoration of a permit. paintball game area has the meaning given by section 37. paintball marker means a sporting device for use in the sport known as paintball that can propel, or is designed to propel, a paintball by means of any gas or mixture of gases, including air (but not including a gas or mixture of gases generated by an explosive) and is operated or designed for operation by means of a trigger or similar device, but does not include— (a) a paintball marker that has been modified to propel something other than a paintball, or (b) a paintball marker prescribed by the regulations.