Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not send a firearm by mail to a person in the Territory.
(2) A person must not receive a firearm by mail in the Territory.
(3) A person must not direct or request another person, whether the other person is within or outside the Territory when the request is made, to send a firearm by mail to a person in the Territory, whether or not the request is made in writing or in connection with the purchase by the person of the firearm.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(4) A person is taken to have made a request under subsection (3) if the person accepts an offer made by another person within or outside the Territory to forward a firearm by mail to an address within the Territory.
(5) It is a defence to a prosecution under subsection (2) if the defendant proves that the firearm was sent to the defendant without his or her knowledge or approval.
(6) This section does not apply to the sending or receiving by mail of a firearm by a person who is:
(a) the holder of a firearms dealer licence; or
(b) the holder of a firearms armourer licence; or
(c) a police station and the firearm is sent from or received at a police station.
(7) This section does not apply to the sending or receiving by mail of a firearm by the person in whose name the firearm is registered if:
(a) the sending or receiving of the firearm is for the purpose established as being the genuine reason for possessing or using the firearm; and
(b) the sending or receiving of the firearm does not relate to the sale or transfer of the firearm.