139Amnesty for transfer of firearms and related articles involving participating dealers

139 Amnesty for transfer of firearms and related articles involving participating dealers

139 Amnesty for transfer of firearms and related articles involving participating dealers

(1) A person is exempt from the possession restrictions of the Act in respect of a firearm or related article while in possession of the firearm or related article at a participating dealer, or while proceeding to a participating dealer, for the purposes of supplying the firearm or related article to the participating dealer.

Note.

Supply of a firearm or related article can be by sale, gift or otherwise.

(2) A person is exempt from the supply restrictions of the Act in respect of the supply of a firearm or related article to a participating dealer.

(3) A participating dealer is exempt from the supply restrictions of the Act in respect of the supply of a surrendered firearm or related article to the holder of a museum firearms permit.

(4) The holder of a museum firearms permit is exempt from the requirement in the Act, section 31 for a permit to acquire a surrendered firearm or related article that is supplied to the holder by a participating dealer.

(5) In this clause—

museum firearms permit has the same meaning as in clause 59.

surrendered firearm or related article means a firearm or related article surrendered to a participating dealer.

cl 139: Am 2018 (352), Sch 1 [5]; 2021 (314), Sch 1[29]–[32].