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Arms Bill

Further offences and firearms prohibition orders - Offences relating to manufacturing and assembling arms items

266: Manufacturing arms items without authority

You could also call this:

"Making guns or gun parts without permission is against the law"

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You could commit an offence if you intentionally make or put together an arms item using parts that were made, brought into the country, or moved around illegally. You could also commit an offence if you agree to make or put together an arms item using these illegal parts. If you do not have a business licence, you could commit an offence if you intentionally make an arms item to sell, give, rent, or supply it to someone else. If you commit this offence, you could go to prison for up to 10 years if you are found guilty. The court will treat any agreement or understanding about making an arms item as a real contract, even if it is not a formal one. This means that if you make a deal with someone to make an arms item, the court will consider it a proper agreement, even if it is not written down or official.

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Part 6Further offences and firearms prohibition orders
Offences relating to manufacturing and assembling arms items

266Manufacturing arms items without authority

  1. A person commits an offence if the person—

  2. intentionally—
    1. manufactures or assembles an arms item using parts that have been illegally manufactured, imported, or trafficked; or
      1. enters into a contract or an arrangement, or arrives at an understanding, to manufacture or assemble an arms item using parts that have been illegally manufactured, imported, or trafficked; or
      2. does not hold a business licence, but intentionally—
        1. manufactures an arms item for sale, transfer, rental, or other supply; or
          1. enters into a contract or an arrangement, or arrives at an understanding, to manufacture an arms item for sale, transfer, rental, or other supply.

          2. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.

          3. For the purposes of this section, anything that purports to be, or is intended to have the effect of, a contract, an arrangement, or an understanding must be treated as a contract, an arrangement, or an understanding (as the case may be).