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← Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021

Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021 s 11

s 11 Unauthorised possession or use of guns, etc.

11.—(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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