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Arms Bill

General requirements - Requirements for selling or supplying arms items and ammunition - Selling or supplying by mail order or online

54: Requirements for selling arms item or ammunition by mail order or online

You could also call this:

"Selling guns or ammo online: what you need to do"

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If you want to sell arms items or ammunition by mail order or online, you must follow some rules. You can only sell certain items if the buyer gives you a written order that you and an officer of the Arms Regulator sign. The officer must check the buyer's firearms licence and make sure they are a fit and proper person to buy the item. The items that have these rules include standard firearms, magazines, and ammunition. You must also record the markings on some of these items when you sell them. If you want to sell restricted items, like pistols or restricted weapons, the buyer must have a special endorsement on their licence. They must also have a permit to possess the item, and it must be delivered by a courier or in a special form. If you do not follow these rules, you can get in trouble and even go to prison or get a big fine.

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Part 2General requirements
Requirements for selling or supplying arms items and ammunition: Selling or supplying by mail order or online

54Requirements for selling arms item or ammunition by mail order or online

  1. A person may only sell, by mail order or online, any item specified in subsection (2) under a written order that—

  2. is signed by the purchaser; and
    1. is signed by an officer of the Arms Regulator stating that the officer—
      1. has inspected the purchaser’s firearms licence; and
        1. has inspected, in the case of an item specified in subsection (2)(e), the permit to possess the pistol carbine conversion kit issued to the purchaser under section 206; and
          1. is satisfied that the purchaser is a fit and proper person to purchase the item; and
          2. records, in the case of the sale of an item specified in subsection (2)(a) and (e), the marking on the item.

            1. The items referred to in subsection (1) are—

            2. standard firearms:
              1. standard magazines:
                1. large-capacity pistol magazines:
                  1. non-restricted 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 an exempt firearm).

                          1. A person may only sell, by mail order or online, any restricted item, pistol, or restricted weapon if—

                          2. the purchaser has obtained an endorsement on their business licence or firearms licence that authorises them to possess a restricted item, pistol, or restricted weapon; and
                            1. the purchaser has, in the case of a restricted firearm, restricted magazine, pistol, or restricted weapon, obtained a permit to possess the restricted firearm, restricted magazine, pistol, or restricted weapon; and
                              1. the restricted 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 restricted part, a form specified by the chief executive.

                                1. A person 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 person, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) or (3).