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Firearms Act 1996
183Seizure of firearms if storage requirements not met
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183 Seizure of firearms if storage requirements not met
A police officer must seize any firearm or ammunition that the officer
has reasonable grounds to believe is not being kept in accordance with
this part.
184 Meaning of prohibited person—pt 13
prohibited person—see section 187.
Division 13.2 Licences and licensed firearms
185 Offence—firearms dealers to be licensed
(a) in carrying on a business, the person—
(i) manufactures, acquires, disposes of, repairs, maintains or
tests firearms or firearm parts; or
(ii) possesses firearms for the purpose of disposing of, or
repairing, maintaining or testing, them; or
(iii) possesses firearm parts for the purpose of manufacturing
firearms; or
(iv) stores firearms for someone else; and
(b) the person is not authorised to do the thing by a firearms dealer