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Arms Bill

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

49: Defence to prosecution under section 47(2)

You could also call this:

"Defence for selling ammo to someone without a licence"

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If you are charged with an offence under section 47(2) for selling or supplying ammunition, you have a defence if you can prove you took reasonable steps to check if the person buying the ammunition had a firearms licence. You can also use this defence if you sold or supplied the ammunition to someone to use while being supervised by another person who has a firearms licence. You must also prove the person buying the ammunition was supervised at all times while they had the ammunition.

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Requirements for selling or supplying arms items and ammunition: Selling or supplying ammunition

49Defence to prosecution under section 47(2)

  1. It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under section 47(2) if the defendant proves—

  2. that they took reasonable steps to ascertain whether the person to whom they sold or supplied the ammunition (A) held a firearms licence; or
    1. that—
      1. the ammunition was sold or supplied to A for use under the immediate supervision of another person who holds a firearms licence (B); and
        1. at all times while A was in possession of the ammunition, A was under the immediate supervision of B.