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Arms Bill

Further offences and firearms prohibition orders - Offences relating to carrying, possessing, or presenting arms items

256: Carrying standard firearm, airgun, pistol, imitation firearm, restricted weapon, ammunition, or explosive with criminal intent

You could also call this:

"Carrying a weapon to commit a crime is against the law"

Illustration for Arms Bill

If you carry a standard firearm, airgun, pistol, imitation firearm, restricted weapon, ammunition, or explosive, you can get in trouble. You must not have these items with you if you plan to commit a serious crime or stop the police from arresting you or someone else. If you do, you could go to prison for up to 7 years. If someone is accused of this offence, the court can use certain evidence to decide if they are guilty. This evidence includes proof that the person had the item with them and planned to commit a crime or stop an arrest. This can help show that the person intended to use the item for a criminal purpose. You could be in trouble if you have one of these items and plan to do something wrong with it. The police and courts take this very seriously and you could face serious penalties. It is important to remember that having these items with you can lead to big problems if you plan to use them for the wrong reasons.

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Part 6Further offences and firearms prohibition orders
Offences relating to carrying, possessing, or presenting arms items

256Carrying standard firearm, airgun, pistol, imitation firearm, restricted weapon, ammunition, or explosive with criminal intent

  1. A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years if the person—

  2. has with them any standard firearm, airgun, pistol, imitation firearm, restricted weapon, ammunition, or explosive (a specified arms item); and
    1. intends, while having the specified arms item with them, to—
      1. commit an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 3 years or more; or
        1. resist arrest, or prevent the arrest of another person.

        2. In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1), proof that the defendant had any specified arms item with them and intended to commit an offence, or to resist or prevent arrest, is evidence that the defendant intended to have the specified arms item with them while committing the offence, or resisting or preventing arrest.