Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WEAPONS ACT 1991 (NO. 8 OF 1991) - SECT 44

44. (1) A licensed dealer shall not receive a dangerous weapon or restricted weapon tendered by a person for modification, testing or repair unless satisfied that the person—

        (a)     is—

              (i)     the holder of a licence on which the weapon is registered or endorsed; or

              (ii)     otherwise authorised under this Act to possess the weapon; and

        (b)     in the case of a dangerous weapon or restricted weapon tendered to the dealer for modification—is authorised under section 87.

Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the tendering of a dangerous weapon or restricted weapon by a person who is ordinarily resident in a State or another Territory if the person is not proscribed by a law of the State or other Territory from possessing the weapon in that State or other Territory.

Division 5—Licences generally

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