In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise:

"Accredit"

means accredit as contemplated in section 8;

"airgun"

means any device manufactured to discharge a bullet or any other projectile—

by means of compressed gas and not by means of burning propellant;

"Ammunition"

means a primer or  cartridge;

[Definition substituted by section 1(a) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"antique firearm"

[Definition deleted by section 1(b) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"Appeal Board"

means the Appeal Board established by section 128;

"authorised person"

[Definition repealed by section 8 of the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 37 of 2013)]

"body-prints"

[Definition repealed by section 8 of the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 37 of 2013)]

"calibre"

for the purposes of section 18(2)(b) and 19(3), means a cartridge as described by dimensions and make, mark, model or type;

[Definition inserted by section 1(c) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"cartridge"

means a complete object consisting of a cartridge case, primer (whether rimfire or otherwise), propellant and a bullet or shot, as the case may be;

[Definition substituted by section 1(d) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"child"

[Definition repealed by section 8 of the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 37 of 2013)]

"comparative search"

[Definition repealed by section 8 of the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 37 of 2013)]

"competency certificate"

means a competency certificate contemplated in Chapter 5;

"dealer"

means any person who is licensed in terms of this Act to trade in firearms and ammunition;

"dedicated hunter"

means a person who actively participates in hunting activities and who is a member of an accredited hunting association;

"dedicated sports person"

means a person who actively participates in sports-shooting and who is a member of an accredited sports-shooting organisation;

"Designated Firearms Officer"

means a police official contemplated in section 124(2)(h);

"dispossession"

for the purposes of section 118, means selling, supplying or in any other manner giving possession in contravention of section 120(10)(a);

[Definition inserted by section 1(e) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"firearm"

means any—

but does not include a muzzle loading firearm or any device contemplated in section 5;

[Definition substituted by section 1(f) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"fit and proper person"

means a person who complies with the requirements of section 9(2) and any regulations relevant to the competency of a person to possess a firearm in terms of this act;

[Definition inserted by section 1(g) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"fully automatic"

means capable of discharging more than one shot with a single depression of the trigger;

"gunsmith"

means any person who performs work contemplated in section 59, but who does not manufacture firearms;

"handgun"

means a pistol or revolver which can be held in and discharged with one hand;

"imitation firearm"

means anything that has the appearance of a firearm but is not capable of operating as such and cannot by superficial examination be identified as an imitation;

"juristic person"

includes a trust;

[Definition substituted by section 1(h) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"load"

includes reload, and "loading" has a corresponding meaning;

"Minister"

means the Minister of Safety and Security;

"muzzle loading firearm"

means a barreled device that can fire only a single shot, per barrel, and requires after each shot fired the individual reloading through the muzzle end of the barrel with separate components consisting of a—

[Definition inserted by section 1(i) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"National Commissioner"

means the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, appointed in terms of section 207(1) of the Constitution;

"occasional hunter"

means any person who, from time to time, participates in hunting activities;

[Definition substituted by section 1(j) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"occasional sports person"

means any person who, from time to time, participates in sports-shooting;

[Definition substituted by section 1(k) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"police official"

means—

"prescribed"

means prescribed by regulation;

"previous Act"

means the Arms and Ammunition Act, 1969 (Act No. 75 of 1969);

"private collector"

means a person who collects firearms or ammunition, who is a member of an accredited collector’s association and who is not a public collector;

"professional hunter"

means any person who supervises, escorts, offers to, or agrees to supervise or escort a client, for reward in connection with the hunting of a wild or exotic animal and who is authorised to do so in terms of any applicable provincial law;

[Definition inserted by section 1(l) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"public collector"

means a person who collects firearms or ammunition for display to the public and is accredited as such;

"Registrar"

means the person referred to in section 123;

"regulation"

means a regulation made under section 145;

"restricted firearm"

means any firearm contemplated in section 14(1);

"Secretary for Safety and Security"

means the Secretary for Safety and Security appointed under section 2(2) of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995)

[Definition inserted by section 1(m) of Act No. 28 of 2006]

"security company"

[Definition deleted by the Firearms Control Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 43 of 2003)]

"security officer"

means a security officer as defined in section 1 of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001);

"security service provider"

means a security service provider as defined in section 1 of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001);

"semi-automatic"

means self-loading but not capable of discharging more than one shot with a single depression of the trigger;

"this Act"

includes any regulation;

"transfer"

includes selling, letting, donating, lending or otherwise parting with possession.