New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 61

61 Unsafe firearms

(cf 1989 Act s 13)

(1) A person must not supply or give possession of a firearm to another person knowing that it is unsafe, except after giving an appropriate warning.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) A police officer may seize any firearm in the possession of any person if--

(a) the firearm is in a public place, and

(b) the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the firearm is unsafe.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a firearm is to be considered as being unsafe (apart from any other reason for which it may be unsafe) if, because of some mechanical defect or its general condition, it may reasonably be considered to be unsafe.