New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 9

9 Authority conferred by licence--additional matters

(cf 1989 Act s 21 (2), APMC 1 (b), 3, 4)

(1) A licence that authorises the licensee to have possession of a firearm also authorises the licensee to have possession of the firearm while--

(a) taking it to a licensed firearms dealer for the purpose of--

(i) selling it, or

(ii) having it converted, maintained, tested or repaired and subsequently recovering it from the dealer, and

(b) taking it to a police officer for the purpose of having it inspected and subsequently recovering it from a police officer, and

(c) taking it to a police officer for the purpose of surrendering it.

(2) Subject to the regulations and except as provided by section 17A, a category C or category D licence does not authorise the possession or use of a prohibited firearm for the purposes of any shooting competition.

(3) A firearms collector licence does not authorise the possession of ammunition for any firearm that is part of the firearms collection to which the licence relates.