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FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 121 Storage of firearms under longarm and handgun licences

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 121

Storage of firearms under longarm and handgun licences

    (1)     A person who possesses a firearm under a longarm licence for a category A or B longarm must store that firearm, when the firearm is not being carried or used—

        (a)     in the manner provided for in item 1 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:     60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.

S. 121(1A) inserted by No. 22/1998 s. 28(1).

    (1A)     A person who possesses cartridge ammunition under a longarm licence for a category A or B longarm must store that cartridge ammunition, when the cartridge ammunition is not being carried or used—

        (a)     in the manner provided for in item 1 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:     60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.

S. 121(1B) inserted by No. 2/2018 s. 23.

    (1B)     A person who possesses a paintball marker under a paintball marker licence must store that paintball marker, when is it not being carried or used—

        (a)     in the manner provided for in item 1A 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:     60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.

S. 121(2) amended by No. 28/2003 s. 49(1).

    (2)     A person who possesses a firearm under a handgun licence for a general category handgun or a longarm licence for a category C or D longarm must store that firearm, when the firearm is not being carried or used—

        (a)     in the manner provided for in item 2 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. 121(2A) inserted by No. 22/1998 s. 28(2) , amended by No. 28/2003 s. 49(2).

    (2A)     A person who possesses cartridge ammunition under a handgun licence for a general category handgun or a longarm licence for a category C or D longarm must store that cartridge ammunition, when the cartridge ammunition is not being carried or used—

        (a)     in the manner provided for in item 2 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. 121(3) amended by No. 28/2003 s. 49(3).

    (3)     A person who possesses a firearm under a handgun licence for a category E handgun or under a longarm licence for a category E longarm must store that firearm, when the firearm is not being carried or used, in the manner provided for by the Chief Commissioner in the licence.

Penalty:     240 penalty units or 4 years imprisonment.

S. 121(3A) inserted by No. 22/1998 s. 28(3) , amended by No. 28/2003 s. 49(4).

    (3A)     A person who possesses cartridge ammunition under a handgun licence for a category E handgun or under a longarm licence for a category E longarm must store that cartridge ammunition, when the cartridge ammunition is not being carried or used in the manner provided for by the Chief Commissioner in the licence.

Penalty:     240 penalty units or 4 years imprisonment.

S. 121A inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 50.