Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021 · s 31

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s 31Unauthorised trade in weapons or noxious substances

A person commits an offence if —

(a)

the person —

(i)

imports or exports an object or a thing; or

(ii)

takes part in any activity in sub‑paragraph (i) in relation to an object or a thing;

(b)

the object or thing is a weapon or noxious substance;

(c)

the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the object or thing is a weapon or noxious substance; and

(d)

the person is not one of the following:

(i)

a person granted a licence to import or export that weapon or noxious substance;

(ii)

a class licensee authorised under a class licence to import or export that weapon or noxious substance; (iii)a person exempt from this section under section 87, 88 or 89 in relation to the import or export of that weapon or noxious substance.