An Act to amend the Firearms Act 1996 to make further provision for the regulation and control of firearms; to amend the Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990; and for other purposes.
This Act is the Firearms Amendment (Trafficking) Act 2001.
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
The Firearms Act 1996 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
The Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990 is amended as set out in Schedule 2.
(Section 3)
Insert in alphabetical order in section 4 (1):
(a) purchase by wholesale, retail, auction or tender, and
(b) obtain by barter or exchange, and
(c) cause or allow anything referred to above.
(a) sell by wholesale, retail, auction or tender, and
(b) dispose by barter or exchange, and
(c) sell for profit, and
(d) offer for sale, receive for sale, have in possession for sale or expose or exhibit for sale, and
(e) conduct negotiations for sale, and
(f) consign or deliver for sale, and
(g) cause or allow anything referred to above.
Insert “receiver,” after “frame,” in the definition of
Omit “buys” from paragraph (a) of the definition of
Insert instead “purchases”.
Insert after the definition of
See also section 4A.
Insert after section 4:
Without restricting the meaning of the word
(a) the firearm was placed in or on, or brought into or on to, the premises by or on behalf of a person who was lawfully authorised by or under this Act to possess the firearm, or
(b) the person did not know and could not reasonably be expected to have known that the firearm was in or on the premises, or
(c) on the evidence before it, the person was not in possession of the firearm.
In this section,
For the purposes of this Act, a person is a
(a) holds or will hold any relevant financial interest, or is or will be entitled to exercise any relevant power (whether in his or her own…