Weapons Prohibition Act 1998
20Weapons dealers and theatrical weapons armourers must hold permit
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20 Weapons dealers and theatrical weapons armourers must hold permit
20 Weapons dealers and theatrical weapons armourers must hold permit
(1) A person must not, in carrying on a business as a weapons dealer, buy, sell or manufacture any prohibited weapon unless authorised to do so by a weapons dealer permit.
(2) A person must not, in carrying on a business as a theatrical weapons armourer, buy, sell or manufacture any prohibited weapon unless authorised to do so by a theatrical weapons armourer permit.
Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 7 years.
s 20: Am 2010 No 40, Sch 1 [17].