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Licences and approvals - Approved ammunition sellers - Obligations

179: Approved ammunition seller to provide details of ammunition sales

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"Approved ammo sellers must tell authorities about ammo sales"

If you are an approved ammunition seller, you must give the chief executive some details about the ammunition you sell. You need to provide the name of the person who bought the ammunition, the type and amount of ammunition they bought, and their firearms licence number. If the ammunition was sold for use under someone else's supervision, you need to provide the supervisor's name and firearms licence number. If you break this rule without a good reason, you can get in trouble. You might have to pay a fine of up to $10,000 or go to prison for up to 6 months. There are some exceptions to this rule, which will be decided by regulations made under section 362. You should be aware that some details might not need to be provided, as decided by these regulations. This means you won't have to give the chief executive all the details if they are exempt. You must follow this rule if you are an approved ammunition seller.

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178: Breach of conditions to which approval is subject, or

"What happens if you break the rules of your ammunition seller approval"

180: Revocation of approval, or

"When the boss of a government department can cancel your approval to sell ammunition"

Part 3Licences and approvals
Approved ammunition sellers: Obligations

179Approved ammunition seller to provide details of ammunition sales

An approved ammunition seller must provide to the chief executive the following details in respect of all ammunition sold or supplied in the course of their business:
the name of the person to whom the ammunition was sold or supplied (the purchaser); and
the quantity and type of ammunition sold or supplied to the purchaser; and
the purchaser’s firearms licence number, or, if the ammunition was sold or supplied to the purchaser for use under the immediate supervision of another person who holds a firearms licence, the name and firearms licence number of that other person.

However, subsection (1) does not apply to any details that are declared by regulations made under section 362 to be exempt from the requirement in that subsection.
An approved ammunition seller commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding $10,000, if the approved ammunition seller, without reasonable excuse, contravenes this section.