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Firearms Act 1996
42Offence—unauthorised possession or use of prohibited
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42 Offence—unauthorised possession or use of prohibited
(a) possesses or uses—
(i) 10 or more prohibited firearms; or
(ii) 3 or more prohibited firearms, but less than 10 prohibited
firearms; or
(iii) 1 or 2 prohibited firearms; and
(b) is not authorised by a licence or permit to possess or use each of
the prohibited firearms.
(a) for paragraph (a) (i)—imprisonment for 20 years; or
(b) for paragraph (a) (ii)—imprisonment for 14 years; or
(c) for paragraph (a) (iii)—imprisonment for 10 years.
use each of the prohibited firearms under 1 or more of the following
Requirement for licence etc Division 7.1
s (2) (see Criminal Code, s 59).