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Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021 · Updated to 1 Jul 2025 · Part 2 · Offences

11. Unauthorised possession or use of guns, etc.

(1)

A person commits an offence if —

(a)

the person stores or otherwise possesses a gun, a major part of a gun, or a gun accessory at any place; and

(b)

the person is not one of the following:

(i)

a person granted a licence to store or possess that gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory at that place;

(ii)

a class licensee authorised under a class licence to store or possess that gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory at that place;

(iii)

a person exempt from this subsection under section 87, 88 or 89 in relation to the storage or possession of that gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory at that place.

(2)

An individual commits an offence if the individual uses a gun when he or she is not one of the following:

(a)

a person granted a licence to use that gun;

(b)

a class licensee authorised under a class licence to use that gun;

(c)

a person exempt from this subsection under section 87, 88 or 89 in relation to the use of that gun.

(3)

To avoid doubt, subsection (1)(a) or (2) applies to a person regardless that the gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory concerned was stored or used other than in the course of carrying on a business.

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