Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 45

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     possesses or uses a prohibited firearm; and

        (b)     is authorised by a licence or permit to possess or use the firearm; and

        (c)     contravenes a condition of the licence or permit.

Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units, imprisonment for 10 years or both.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     possesses or uses a firearm (other than a prohibited firearm); and

        (b)     is authorised by a licence or permit to possess or use the firearm; and

        (c)     contravenes a condition of the licence or permit.

Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.

    (3)     Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a condition that the licensee or permit-holder must allow a police officer to enter to inspect facilities if—

        (a)     the contravention involved refusing to allow a police officer to enter or inspect facilities; and

        (b)     the refusal was reasonable in all the circumstances.