Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The holder of a
Dealer’s Licence may dispose of ammunition to any person who represents
themselves as being the holder of a licence or permit under this Act entitling
the person to possess a firearm and ammunition or as lawfully possessing a
firearm under the provisions of section 8, and who the dealer believes on
reasonable grounds to be entitled to possess a firearm suitable for use with
that ammunition, or as being the holder of an Ammunition Collector’s
Licence.
(2) The holder of a
Dealer’s Licence may dispose of ammunition to any person apparently over
the age of 18 years who represents themselves as being, and whom the dealer
believes to be, the agent of a person to whom the dealer would be authorised
to dispose of ammunition under subsection (1).
(3) At the time of any
transaction authorised under subsection (1) or subsection (2) the dealer shall
make an entry in the prescribed manner in the record kept for the purposes of
this section and shall cause verification of that transaction to be entered
in, or affixed to, the record in the prescribed manner or obtain the signature
thereto of the person to whom the ammunition is supplied.
(4) A person who makes
a false representation for the purposes of obtaining ammunition for themselves
or another person, and any dealer who fails or neglects to comply with the
requirements of this section commits an offence.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $4 000.
(5) If ammunition is
disposed of by or on behalf of the holder of a Dealer’s Licence and the
person who disposes of it (in this subsection called the provider ) does not
request the person receiving the ammunition (in this subsection called the
receiver ) to produce —
(a) a
relevant licence or permit, or evidence of —
(i)
exemption by section 8; or
(ii)
a relevant authorisation;
and
(b) an
Extract of Licence in respect of that licence, permit, exemption, or
authorisation,
and inspect either an
Extract of Licence or something referred to in paragraph (a), it is to be
presumed in proceedings for an offence against this Act, upon proof that the
provider disposed of the ammunition to the receiver, that there were no
reasonable grounds to believe that the receiver was a person to whom the
dealer would be authorised to dispose of that ammunition under subsection (1),
unless the contrary is shown.
[Section 30 amended: No. 54 of 1978 s. 5; No. 70
of 1987 s. 10; No. 59 of 1996 s. 32, 44 and 50(1); No. 69 of 2004 s. 31; No.
13 of 2022 s. 65 and 66.]