Federal Act
on Weapons, Weapon Accessories and Ammunition
(Weapons Act, WA)

¹ The is­sue of ex­emp­tion per­mits for the pur­pose of re­cre­ation­al tar­get shoot­ing is lim­ited to fire­arms and es­sen­tial weapon com­pon­ents in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 5 para­graph 1 let­ters b and c and to spe­cially de­signed weapon com­pon­ents and weapon ac­cessor­ies that are genu­inely re­quired for this pur­pose.

² Ex­emp­tion per­mits are only is­sued to per­sons who prove to the com­pet­ent can­ton­al au­thor­ity that they:

a.

are mem­bers of a shoot­ing club; or

b.

they use their fire­arm reg­u­larly for re­cre­ation­al tar­get shoot­ing without be­ing a mem­ber of a shoot­ing club.

³ Proof in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 2 must be provided after 5 and after 10 years.