Arms Act 1983

Offences - Offences

43A: Mail order or Internet sale of arms items or ammunition

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"Selling guns or ammo online or by mail order has strict rules"

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You cannot sell certain arms items or ammunition by mail order or on the Internet without a written order. The written order must be signed by you and a Police member who has checked your firearms licence. The Police member must also be satisfied you are a fit and proper person to buy the item. You can only buy certain items, like non-prohibited firearms or ammunition, if you follow these rules. These items include non-prohibited magazines, parts, and airguns, but not all airguns. You can find more information about these items in section 22(1)(a), (b), or (c) and section 35AAA. You cannot sell or buy prohibited items, pistols, or restricted weapons by mail order or on the Internet unless you have the right endorsements and permits. If you break these rules without a good reason, you can be fined up to $10,000 or imprisoned for up to 6 months.

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Part 8Offences
Offences

43AMail order or Internet sale of arms items or ammunition

  1. A person must not sell by mail order or on the Internet any item specified in subsection (2), otherwise than under a written order—

  2. signed by the purchaser; and
    1. signed by a member of the Police stating that the member of the Police—
      1. has inspected the purchaser’s firearms licence; and
        1. has inspected, in the case of an item specified in subsection (2)(d), the permit issued to the purchaser under section 35AAA; and
          1. is satisfied that the purchaser is a fit and proper person to purchase the item; and
          2. recording, in the case of the sale of an item specified in subsection (2)(a), (b), (c), or (d), the marking on the item.
            1. The items referred to in subsection (1) are—

            2. non-prohibited firearms:
              1. non-prohibited magazines:
                1. non-prohibited parts:
                  1. pistol carbine conversion kits:
                    1. airguns (other than an airgun for use in airsoft or paintball sports):
                      1. ammunition (other than ammunition for a firearm of the kind described in section 22(1)(a), (b), or (c).
                        1. A person must not sell by mail order or on the Internet any prohibited item, pistol, or restricted weapon, unless—

                        2. the purchaser has obtained an endorsement on their dealer’s licence or firearms licence that authorises them to possess a prohibited item, pistol, or restricted weapon; and
                          1. the purchaser has, in the case of a prohibited firearm, prohibited magazine, pistol, or restricted weapon, obtained a permit to possess that prohibited firearm, prohibited magazine, pistol, or restricted weapon; and
                            1. the prohibited item, pistol, or restricted weapon is delivered by a courier specified in the permit referred to in paragraph (b) or, in the case of a prohibited part, a form specified by the Police.
                              1. A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding $10,000, if the person, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) or (3).

                              Notes
                              • Section 43A: replaced, on , by section 70 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).