Firearms Act 1989 Firearms Amendment (Prohibition of Sales) Regulation 1996 (1996-172) [GG No 60 of 14.5.1996] (NSW)

1996 No 172

New South Wales

Firearms Amendment (Prohibition of

Sales) Regulation 1996

under the

Firearms Act 1989

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Firearms Act 1989.

Paul Whelan

Minister for Police

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to provide that shooter licences (class 1 or 2), and firearm dealers’ licences, are subject to the condition that the holder of any such licence must not sell or give possession of any of the following types of firearms to another person (unless the firearm is being surrendered to the police):

• self-loading centre-fire rifles fitted with an integral or a detachable
magazine,

• self-loading rimfire rifles,

• self-loading shotguns fitted with an integral or a detachable magazine, The breach of any such condition by a licensed shooter or fiream dealer constitutes an offence under the Firearms Act 1989. pump action shotguns.

This Regulation is made under the Firearms Act 1989, including sections

21 (3) and 56 (the general regulation making power).

Published in Gazette No 60 of 14 May 1996, page 2255 Page 1

1996 No 172

Clause 1 Firearms Amendment (Prohibition of Sales) Regulation 1996

Firearms Amendment (Prohibition of Sales)

Regulation 1996

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Firearms Amendment (Prohibition of

Sales) Regulation 1996.

2 Amendment of Firearms Regulation 1990

The Firearms Regulation 1990 is amended as set out in Schedule

1.

3 Note

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Firearms Regulation
1990

(Clause 2)

Clause 27A

Insert after clause 27:

27A Sale of certain firearms subject to licence condition

(1)

For the purposes of section 21 (3) of the Act, any shooter licence class—l, -shooter licence class—2 or firearms dealer licence is subject to the condition that the holder of the licence must not sell or give possession of any of the following firearms to another person:

(a)	a self-loading centre-fire rifle fitted with (or capable of being fitted with) an integral or a detachable magazine,
(b)	a self-loading rimfire rifle,
(c)	a self-loading shotgun fitted with (or capable of being fitted with) an integral or a detachable magazine,
(d)	a pump action shotgun.

1996 No 172

Firearms Amendment (Prohibition of Sales) Regulation 1996

Amendment of Firearms Regulation 1990 Schedule 1

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply in respect of the holder of a licence who gives possession of any such firearm to a police officer for the purposes of surrendering the firearm to the police officer.