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Arms Bill

Further offences and firearms prohibition orders - Infringement offences

276: When infringement notice may be issued

You could also call this:

"When you can get a notice for breaking firearms rules"

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If you break a firearms rule, an officer from the Arms Regulator might give you an infringement notice. This can happen if the officer thinks you are breaking a rule or have already broken one. The officer must have a good reason to think you have broken a rule.

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Part 6Further offences and firearms prohibition orders
Infringement offences

276When infringement notice may be issued

  1. An officer of the Arms Regulator may issue an infringement notice to a person if the officer believes on reasonable grounds that the person is committing, or has committed, an infringement offence.