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Firearms Act 1996
230Use of mail for sending firearms outside ACT
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230 Use of mail for sending firearms outside ACT
A person must not send a firearm or firearm part to another person by
mail unless—
(a) the person sending the firearm or firearm part is a licensed
firearms dealer; and
(b) the address to which the firearm or firearm part is sent is outside
the ACT; and
(c) the firearm or firearm part is sent by security mail; and
(d) the other person would not, because of receiving the firearm or
firearm part or being in possession of it at the place to which it
is sent, commit any offence under any law that applies at that
place; and
(e) the other person is a licensed firearms dealer under the law of
that other place.