New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 50AA

50AA Purchase of firearm parts

(1) A person must not purchase a firearm part unless the person:

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

(b) is authorised by a permit to purchase the firearm part.

Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 5 years.

(2) A person must not purchase a firearm part that relates to any kind of prohibited firearm or pistol unless the person:

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

(b) is authorised by a permit to purchase the firearm part.

Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 10 years.

(3) 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.