23Restrictions on purchase of prohibited weapons

23 Restrictions on purchase of prohibited weapons

23 Restrictions on purchase of prohibited weapons

(1) A person must not buy a prohibited weapon unless the person is authorised to possess the weapon by a permit.

Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 5 years.

(2) A person (the buyer) must not buy a prohibited weapon from another person (the seller) unless—

(a) the seller is authorised to possess the weapon by a permit, and

(b) the buyer—

(i) has seen the seller’s permit, or

(ii) knows that the seller is an authorised weapons dealer or authorised theatrical weapons armourer.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(3) (Repealed)

s 23: Am 2010 No 40, Sch 1 [19] [20].