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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 51BB

Supplying firearm parts on an ongoing basis

51BB Supplying firearm parts on an ongoing basis

(1) A person must not contravene section 51BA on 3 or more separate occasions over any consecutive period of 12 months.
: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 20 years.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the supply of more than one firearm part to any person on a single occasion does not, in itself, constitute more than one occasion.
(3) If, on the trial of a person for an offence under this section, more than 3 occasions of supplying a firearm part are relied on as evidence of commission of the offence, all the members of the jury must be satisfied as to the same 3 occasions in order to find the person guilty of the offence.
(4) If, on the trial of a person for an offence under this section, the jury is not satisfied that the offence is proven but is satisfied that the person has, in respect of any of the occasions relied on as evidence of commission of the offence under this section, committed an offence under section 51BA, the jury may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of an offence under section 51BA, and the person is liable to punishment accordingly.
(5) A person who has been convicted of an offence under this section is not liable to be convicted--
(a) of an offence under section 51BA, or
(b) of a separate offence under this section,
on the same, or substantially the same, facts as those relied on as evidence of commission of the offence in respect of which the person has been convicted.
(6) A person who has been acquitted of an offence under this section is not liable to be convicted--
(a) except as provided by subsection (4)--of an offence under section 51BA, or
(b) of a separate offence under this section,
on the same, or substantially the same, facts as those relied on as evidence of commission of the offence in respect of which the person has been acquitted.
(7) A person who has been--
(a) convicted of an offence under section 51BA, or
(b) acquitted of such an offence,
is not liable to be convicted of an offence under this section on the same, or substantially the same, facts as those relied on as evidence of commission of the offence under section 51BA.
(8) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), this section does not--
(a) remove the liability of any person to be convicted of an offence under section 51BA, or
(b) affect the punishment that may be imposed for any such offence.



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