New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WEAPONS PROHIBITION ACT 1998 - SECT 23

23 Restrictions on sale and purchase of prohibited weapons

(1) A person must not buy a prohibited weapon unless the person is authorised to possess the weapon by a permit.

Maximum penalty:

• on summary conviction-50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both,

• on conviction on indictment-imprisonment for 5 years.

(2) A person ( "the buyer") must not buy a prohibited weapon from another person ( "the seller") unless:

(a) the seller is authorised to possess the weapon by a permit, and

(b) the buyer:

(i) has seen the seller’s permit, or

(ii) knows that the seller is an authorised weapons dealer or authorised theatrical weapons armourer.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(3) A person ( "the seller") must not sell a prohibited weapon to another person ( "the buyer") unless:

(a) the buyer is authorised to possess the weapon by a permit, and

(b) the seller:

(i) has seen the buyer’s permit, or

(ii) knows that the buyer is an authorised weapons dealer or authorised theatrical weapons armourer.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.