New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FIREARMS REGULATION 2017 - REG 28B

28B Requirements relating to safety and storage

(1) The holder of a licence or permit must not store a firearm in a dwelling unless it is an inhabited dwelling.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units if it is established beyond reasonable doubt that the firearm concerned was a prohibited firearm or pistol, or 20 penalty units in any other case.

(2) The holder of a licence or permit must not store a firearm on premises other than a dwelling unless--

(a) the premises are in a proximity to an inhabited dwelling that allows the premises to be easily observed by the holder of the licence or permit, or by a person on behalf of the holder of the licence or permit, from the inhabited dwelling, or

(b) the holder is a licensed firearms dealer and the premises are commercial premises from which the holder carries on the business of, or at which the holder carries on activities as, a firearms dealer, or

(c) the requirements of subclause (3) are complied with.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units if it is established beyond reasonable doubt that the firearm concerned was a prohibited firearm or pistol, or 20 penalty units in any other case.

(3) For the purposes of subclause (2)(c), the requirements are as follows--

(a) the firearm must be--

(i) stored in a safe of an approved type, and

(ii) fitted with a trigger or barrel lock that prevents the firearm from being discharged, and

(iii) secured individually on, or in, a locked device within the safe,

(b) the safe must be fitted with an alarm of an approved type that is monitored off-site,

(c) the premises on which the firearm is stored must have an intruder alarm and duress facilities that are monitored off-site and are of an approved type.

(4) In this clause--

"inhabited dwelling" , in relation to the storage of a firearm by the holder of a licence or permit, means--

(a) a dwelling that is the principal place of residence of a person, whether or not the person is the holder of the licence or permit, or

(b) a dwelling at which a person resides while the firearm is stored there, whether or not the person is the holder of the licence or permit.

"permit" means a permit that authorises the possession of a firearm.