Section 15 — Unauthorised supply or conveyance of guns, etc.

(1)A person commits an offence if —

(a)the person supplies or conveys any object or thing, or takes part in the supply of any object or thing;

(b)the object or thing is a gun, a major part of a gun, or a gun accessory;

(c)the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the object or thing is a gun, a major part of a gun, or a gun accessory; and

(d)the person is not one of the following:

(i)a person granted a licence to supply or convey the gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory;

(ii)a class licensee authorised under a class licence to supply or convey the gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory;

(iii)a person exempt from this section under section 87, 88 or 89 in relation to supplying or conveying the gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory.

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