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Firearms Act 1996
194Acquisition and disposal—records
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194 Acquisition and disposal—records
(1) This section applies if a licensed firearms dealer—
(a) acquires a firearm or firearm part from someone else; or
(b) disposes of a firearm or firearm part to someone else.
(2) The record of the acquisition or disposal of the firearm or firearm part
must contain the following particulars:
(a) the name and address of the other person;
(b) for a firearm other than a firearm that is temporarily stored—the
number of the other person’s licence or permit authorising the
other person to possess the firearm or firearm part;
(c) for a disposal of a firearm (other than the surrender of a firearm
to a police officer or a firearm temporarily stored)—the number
of the other person’s permit to acquire the firearm;
(d) for each firearm or firearm part that is or has been in the firearms
dealer’s possession—
(i) the date it was first acquired by the dealer and, if no longer
in the dealer’s possession, the date of its disposal by the
dealer; and
(ii) the name and address of the person who first gave
possession of it to the dealer; and
(iii) if it is disposed of by the dealer (other than by return to the
person for whom it was stored)—its make, serial number,
calibre, type, action and magazine capacity (if any);
(e) any other particulars prescribed by regulation.
(3) The record of the acquisition or disposal must be made within
48 hours after the acquisition or disposal, unless a regulation
prescribes otherwise.
(4) The record of the acquisition or disposal must be made and kept in
the way approved by the registrar.
(5) An approval is a notifiable instrument.