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Weapons Act 1990
sec.50APossession of unregistered firearms
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### sec.50A Possession of unregistered firearms
A licensee must not possess an unregistered firearm.
Maximum penalty—120 penalty units.
A licensed dealer or licensed armourer does not contravene subsection (1) if the unregistered firearm is entered in the dealer’s or armourer’s weapons register under section 71 .
In this section—
firearm does not include a barrel, breechbolt or top slide of a firearm.
unregistered firearm means a firearm for which information is not entered in the firearms register.
s 50A ins 2003 No. 37 s 29
amd 2011 No. 37 s 9
(sec.50A-ssec.1) A licensee must not possess an unregistered firearm. Maximum penalty—120 penalty units.
(sec.50A-ssec.2) A licensed dealer or licensed armourer does not contravene subsection (1) if the unregistered firearm is entered in the dealer’s or armourer’s weapons register under section 71 .
(sec.50A-ssec.3) In this section— firearm does not include a barrel, breechbolt or top slide of a firearm. unregistered firearm means a firearm for which information is not entered in the firearms register.