(2) To avoid doubt, the interior and exterior of any S. 130(2) vehicle, vessel or aircraft that is in a public place amended by Nos 26/1997 is a public place. s. 26, 55/2009 s. 19, 82/2012 s. 97, 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 63.6), substituted by No. 2/2018 s. 25(3). S. 130(2A) (2A) A person does not commit an offence under inserted by subsection (1), (1A) or (1B) if the person is— No. 2/2018 s. 25(3). (a) a police officer or a protective services officer who is acting in the course of the police officer's or protective services officer's official duties and when so authorised by the Chief Commissioner; or (b) a senior IBAC Officer when carrying out the purposes for which firearms may be possessed, carried or used, and as authorised under Part 5 of the Independent Anticorruption Commission Act 2011; or (c) a member of a police force or a police service of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory who is possessing, carrying or using a firearm issued to the member for the performance of a detailed duty; or (d) a person who holds a licence under this Act, that is issued for the reason of prison guard and who is carrying or using a firearm which the person is authorised to carry or use under the licence, and who is acting in the course of the person's duties as a prison guard and who is in the immediate pursuit of another person under the person who is the guard's custody; or
S. 130(2) amended by Nos 26/1997 s. 26, 55/2009 s. 19, 82/2012 s. 97, 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 63.6), substituted by No. 2/2018 s. 25(3). (2) To avoid doubt, the interior and exterior of any vehicle, vessel or aircraft that is in a public place is a public place. S. 130(2A) inserted by No. 2/2018 s. 25(3). (2A) A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1), (1A) or (1B) if the person is— (a) a police officer or a protective services officer who is acting in the course of the police officer's or protective services officer's official duties and when so authorised by the Chief Commissioner; or (b) a senior IBAC Officer when carrying out the purposes for which firearms may be possessed, carried or used, and as authorised under Part 5 of the Independent Anticorruption Commission Act 2011; or (c) a member of a police force or a police service of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory who is possessing, carrying or using a firearm issued to the member for the performance of a detailed duty; or (d) a person who holds a licence under this Act, that is issued for the reason of prison guard and who is carrying or using a firearm which the person is authorised to carry or use under the licence, and who is acting in the course of the person's duties as a prison guard and who is in the immediate pursuit of another person under the person who is the guard's custody; or
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