s 16 Unauthorised acquisition of guns, etc.
16.—(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.