Section 31 — Unauthorised 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.