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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 247

Offence—selling ammunition for starting pistols

    (1)     A licensed firearms dealer must not sell ammunition to a person if the dealer knows or believes on reasonable grounds that the person intends to discharge it from a starting pistol.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if—

        (a)     the dealer is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the person has an approved reason for requiring the starting pistol; and

        (b)     the ammunition is a blank cartridge.

Note     Approved reason —see the dictionary.



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