Part 8Offences
Offences
43AMail order or Internet sale of arms items or ammunition
A person must not sell by mail order or on the Internet any item specified in subsection (2), otherwise than under a written order—
- signed by the purchaser; and
- signed by a member of the Police stating that the member of the Police—
- has inspected the purchaser’s firearms licence; and
- has inspected, in the case of an item specified in subsection (2)(d), the permit issued to the purchaser under section 35AAA; and
- is satisfied that the purchaser is a fit and proper person to purchase the item; and
- has inspected the purchaser’s firearms licence; and
- recording, in the case of the sale of an item specified in subsection (2)(a), (b), (c), or (d), the marking on the item.
The items referred to in subsection (1) are—
- non-prohibited firearms:
- non-prohibited magazines:
- non-prohibited parts:
- pistol carbine conversion kits:
- airguns (other than an airgun for use in airsoft or paintball sports):
- ammunition (other than ammunition for a firearm of the kind described in section 22(1)(a), (b), or (c).
A person must not sell by mail order or on the Internet any prohibited item, pistol, or restricted weapon, unless—
- 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
- 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
- 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.
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).


