26B(2)(a) has already been repealed. Unless you are talking about 26(2)(a).
I did have an interesting talk with WAPOL the other day. Earlier, I had been at Claremont Firearms looking for something in 6.5 Creedmoor. They showed me a Howa Chassis Rifle and I questioned the possibility of getting it licenced as it had a pistol grip etc. The guys at Claremonts said "No problem - pistols grips are fine and so are chassis rifles, as long as they don't have a full barrel shroud."
So this Howa HCR is OK - note shroud opening at the top.
However, this Tikka Tac A1 is not.
How do I know? I phoned WAPOL and asked them. They confirmed that "pistol grips are OK now" (just why they weren't in the past remains a mystery), but the Tikka Tac A1 is still illegal in WA due to its military appearance.
And what constitutes "military appearance"? Well, anything WAPOL decides on the day - they couldn't provide any official guideline, nothing is published, and the actual reasons given for why the Howa is legal and the Tikka is not are ludicrous!
According to Schedule 3 of the Firearms Regulations, Class D1 is . . .
D1
a self loading centre fire rifle designed or adapted for military purposes or a firearm that substantially duplicates such a firearm in design, function, or appearance
So what exactly does that mean? It means whatever it means to the people who decide one day pistol grips are illegal, the next day they aren't, or one day open shrouds are illegal, the next day they aren't, or . . . you get the idea.
Indeed, when I asked if it could be explained to me over the phone, they couldn't. They just have a list of firearms they deem can't be licenced in WA and every now and then add or subtract something from it.
The laws of physics do not apply to politics.