Firearms Regulation 2017
146Restrictions on supply and acquisition of firearms
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146 Restrictions on supply and acquisition of firearms
146 Restrictions on supply and acquisition of firearms
(1) The arrangements referred to in sections 51 (2) (a) and (2A) (a) and 51A (2) (a) of the Act for supplying a firearm through a licensed firearms dealer are as follows—
(a) the supply must be conducted at the licensed firearms dealer’s place of business or at such other place as may be approved,
(b) the firearms dealer must make the same records in respect of the supply as the dealer would otherwise be required to make under section 45 of the Act.
(2) For the purposes of sections 51 (2) (b) and (2A) (b) and 51A (2) (b) of the Act, a licensed firearms dealer is not reasonably available for the purposes of the supply or acquisition of a firearm if the nearest location of a licensed firearms dealer’s place of business is more than 100 km from the ordinary place of residence of both the receiver and the supplier.