New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 82A

82A Deceased estates

(1) The executor or administrator of an estate of a person--

(a) who has died, and

(b) who was authorised by a licence or permit to possess a firearm,

does not commit an offence under section 7 or 7A in respect of the possession of the firearm if the executor or administrator retains possession of the firearm for the purposes of disposing of it lawfully.

(2) Any such executor or administrator must--

(a) notify the Commissioner of the death of the person who possessed the firearm as soon as practicable after the person's death, and

(b) while retaining possession of the firearm, comply with the same requirements as to the safe keeping of the firearm that would apply to a person who is authorised by a licence or permit to keep a firearm of that kind.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(3) Subsection (1) ceases to have effect in relation to any such executor or administrator--

(a) once the firearm is disposed of lawfully by the executor or administrator, or

(b) at the end of the period of 6 months immediately following the death of the person who was authorised to possess the firearm concerned,

whichever occurs first.

(4) Nothing in this section authorises the use of a firearm.