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Arms Bill

General requirements - Requirements for selling or supplying arms items and ammunition - Selling or supplying restricted firearms and restricted magazines

50: Requirements for selling or supplying restricted firearms or restricted magazines

You could also call this:

"Selling restricted guns or magazines: you need a special licence"

Illustration for Arms Bill

If you want to sell or supply a restricted firearm or restricted magazine to someone, they must have a firearms licence. This licence must have an endorsement that lets them possess a restricted firearm or restricted magazine. The endorsement must be specific to the restricted firearm or restricted magazine. If you break this rule without a good reason, you can be charged with an offence. You could go to prison for up to 7 years if you are convicted. There may be other parts of this Act that change this rule. You must follow this rule when selling or supplying restricted firearms or restricted magazines. This rule is part of a proposed change to the law. It will apply if the proposed change becomes law.

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Part 2General requirements
Requirements for selling or supplying arms items and ammunition: Selling or supplying restricted firearms and restricted magazines

50Requirements for selling or supplying restricted firearms or restricted magazines

  1. A person may only sell or supply a restricted firearm or restricted magazine to another person (B) if—

  2. B holds a firearms licence that bears an endorsement permitting B to possess a restricted firearm or restricted magazine; and
    1. the endorsement has been made specific to the restricted firearm or restricted magazine by the issue of—
      1. a permit to import the restricted firearm or restricted magazine; or
        1. a permit to possess restricted firearm or restricted magazine.

        2. Subsection (1) is subject to any other provision of this Act that provides otherwise.

        3. A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years if the person, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1).