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Arms Bill

Miscellaneous provisions - Delivery or surrender of arms items and ammunition

333: Voluntary delivery to Arms Regulator or Police of arms items or ammunition

You could also call this:

"Handing in firearms or ammo you're not allowed to have"

You can give arms items or ammunition to the Arms Regulator or Police if you are not allowed to have them. The Police might choose not to take you to court if you only had the item or ammunition and did not do anything else wrong. They will also consider if it is in the public's best interest to take you to court or not.

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332: Licensed business to notify and surrender certain items received, or

"Licensed businesses must report and hand over certain firearms or ammo to the Police if required"

334: Powers to require surrender of airguns or antique firearms, or

"When to hand over airguns or old firearms without a licence"

Part 8Miscellaneous provisions
Delivery or surrender of arms items and ammunition

333Voluntary delivery to Arms Regulator or Police of arms items or ammunition

If any arms item or ammunition is delivered to an officer of the Arms Regulator or a member of the Police by a person who is not authorised to be in possession of the item or ammunition, the Police have the discretion not to prosecute in any case where—
the offence is considered to be one of possession only; and
there is no public interest in proceeding with the prosecution.