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Arms Bill

General requirements - Requirements for selling or supplying arms items and ammunition - Selling or supplying arms items manufactured for personal use

39: Requirement for selling or supplying arms item manufactured for personal use by firearms licence holder

You could also call this:

"Selling homemade arms items: follow the rules"

Illustration for Arms Bill

If you make an arms item for personal use and you have a firearms licence, you can only sell or supply it to a licensed business or to someone else through a licensed business. You must follow this rule when selling or supplying the arms item. If you do not follow this rule, you can get in trouble and may have to pay a fine or go to prison.

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Part 2General requirements
Requirements for selling or supplying arms items and ammunition: Selling or supplying arms items manufactured for personal use

39Requirement for selling or supplying arms item manufactured for personal use by firearms licence holder

  1. This section applies to an arms item that has been manufactured by a firearms licence holder for personal use by the firearms licence holder.

  2. The firearms licence holder who manufactured the arms item may only sell or supply the arms item to—

  3. a licensed business; or
    1. any other person through a licensed business.

      1. A firearms licence holder commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine not exceeding $20,000, if the firearms licence holder contravenes subsection (2).