Section 16 — Unauthorised acquisition of guns, etc.

(1)A person commits an offence if the person acquires, or takes part in the acquisition of, a gun, a major part of a gun, or a gun accessory from another and the person acquiring —

(a)is not one of the following:

(i)a person granted a licence to use, store or possess that gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory;

(ii)a class licensee authorised under a class licence to use, store or possess that 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 the use, storage or possession of that gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory; or

(b)is doing so in contravention of any condition of the person’s licence or class licence to use, store or possess that gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory.

(2)Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(b).

(3)A person commits an offence if the person acquires, or takes part in the acquisition of, a gun, a major part of a gun, or a gun accessory from another (called in this section the supplier) and —

(a)the supplier —

(i)is not one of the following:(A) a person granted a licence to supply that gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory; (B) a class licensee authorised under a class licence to supply that gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory; (C) a person exempt from this section under section 87, 88 or 89 in relation to the supply of that gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory; or

(ii)is supplying the gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory (as the case may be) in contravention of any condition of the supplier’s licence or class licence to supply that gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory; and

(b)the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the supplier —

(i)is not any of the persons in paragraph (a)(i); or

(ii)is supplying the gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory in contravention of any condition of the supplier’s licence or class licence to supply that gun, major part of a gun or gun accessory.