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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 122

Storage of firearms under firearms collectors and firearms heirlooms licences and ammunition under firearms ammunition collectors licence

S. 122(1) amended by Nos 22/1998 s. 29(1) , 28/2003 s. 51(1).

    (1)     A person (who is not a person to whom subsection (1A) applies) who possesses a firearm (that is not a category E handgun or a category E longarm) under a firearms collectors licence must store that firearm, when the firearm is not being carried—

        (a)     in the manner provided for in item 3 of Schedule 4; or

        (b)     in any other manner which the Chief Commissioner is satisfied is as secure as the manner provided for in that item.

Penalty:     120 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

S. 122(1A) inserted by No. 22/1998 s. 29(2).

    (1A)     If—

        (a)     a person possesses not more than 15 category A or B longarms under a firearms collectors licence; and

        (b)     that person does not possess any other firearms under that licence; and

        (c)     the longarms are stored on a premises where no other firearms are stored—

the person must store each firearm held under that licence, when the firearm is not being carried—

        (d)     in the manner provided for in item 3A of Schedule 4; or

        (e)     in any other manner which the Chief Commissioner is satisfied is as secure as the manner provided for in that item.

Penalty:     120 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

S. 122(2) amended by No. 28/2003 s. 51(2).

    (2)     A person who possesses a category E handgun or a category E longarm under a firearms collectors licence must store that firearm in the manner fixed in the licence.

Penalty:     240 penalty units or 4 years imprisonment.

    (3)     A person who possesses a firearm under a firearms heirlooms licence must store that firearm, when the firearm is not being carried—

        (a)     in the manner provided for in item 4 of Schedule 4; or

        (b)     in any other manner which the Chief Commissioner is satisfied is as secure as the manner provided for in that item.

Penalty:     10 penalty units.

S. 122(4) amended by No. 22/1998 s. 43(Sch. item 7).

    (4)     A person who possesses cartridge ammunition under a firearms ammunition collectors licence must store that ammunition, when the ammunition is not being carried—

        (a)     in the manner provided for in item 5 of Schedule 4; or

        (b)     in any other manner which the Chief Commissioner is satisfied is as secure as the manner provided for in that item.

Penalty:     10 penalty units.



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