New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 51BA

51BA Restrictions on supply of firearm parts

(1) A person (
"the supplier" ) must not supply, or knowingly take part in the supply of, a firearm part to another person unless--

(a) the supplier is authorised by a licence or permit to supply the firearm part, and

(b) the other person is the holder of a licence or permit for the kind of firearm to which the firearm part relates, and

(c) the other person's licence or permit has been produced to, and inspected by, the supplier.

: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 5 years.

(2) A person (
"the supplier" ) must not supply, or knowingly take part in the supply of, a firearm part to another person, being a firearm part that solely relates to any kind of pistol or prohibited firearm, unless--

(a) the supplier is authorised by a licence or permit to supply the firearm part, and

(b) the other person is the holder of a licence or permit for that kind of pistol or prohibited firearm, and

(c) the other person's licence or permit has been produced to, and inspected by, the supplier.

: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 14 years.

Note : Reference to a pistol includes a prohibited pistol.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a person
"takes part in" the supply of a firearm part if--

(a) the person takes, or participates in, any step, or causes any step to be taken, in the process of that supply, or

(b) the person provides or arranges finance for any step in that process, or

(c) the person provides the premises in which any step in that process is taken, or suffers or permits any step in that process to be taken in premises of which the person is the owner, lessee or occupier or of which the person has the care, control or management.

(4) If, on the trial of a person for an offence under subsection (2), the jury is not satisfied that the accused is guilty of the offence but is satisfied on the evidence that the person is guilty of an offence under subsection (1), it may find the person not guilty of the offence charged but guilty of an offence under subsection (1), and the accused is liable to punishment accordingly.