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Firearms Act 1996
76Adult firearms licences—special conditions for collectors
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76 Adult firearms licences—special conditions for collectors
A collectors licence is subject to the following conditions:
(a) a firearm in the collection manufactured on or after
1 January 1900, or that is a prohibited pistol, must be rendered
incapable of being fired in the way prescribed under the
regulations;
(b) the licensee must not possess any ammunition for any firearm in
the collection;
(c) the licensee must not restore any firearm in the collection to a
state in which the firearm can readily be fired;
(d) the collection must not contain any category C or category D
firearm unless the firearm has been rendered permanently
inoperable;
(e) subject to sections 191 and 227, any category C or category D
firearm must not be sold or otherwise disposed of otherwise than
to another licensed collector;
(f) that no ammunition capable of being discharged from a firearm
to which a collectors licence relates is in the possession of the
holder of the licence unless the person holds a collectors licence
in relation to the ammunition or another licence under this Act
authorising possession of a firearm from which the ammunition
is capable of being lawfully discharged;
(g) subject to section 142, the licensee is not authorised to discharge
a firearm that is part of a collection.