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FIREARMS REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 22A

Storage and safe keeping requirements for ammunition

    (1)     A person in possession of ammunition must, when the ammunition is not being used or carried, ensure that the ammunition is stored separately from firearms in a sturdy container that is locked.

    (2)     The container may be:

        (a)     stored inside a receptacle that contains firearms; or

        (b)     attached to, or form a separate compartment within, a receptacle that contains firearms; or

        (c)     stored externally to a receptacle that contains firearms.

    (3)     The container must have a lock that is a combination lock, key lock or electronic lock that is different to any combination lock, key lock or electronic lock used to open a receptacle in the person's possession or control that contains firearms.

    (4)     A key, code or other access device that secures the lock of a container that contains ammunition must be stored separately from a key, code or other access device used to open a receptacle that contains firearms.

    (5)     This regulation does not apply to a person who is excluded under section 4(4A) of the Act from the application of section 69 of the Act.

Examples for regulation 22A

1     An ammunition box stored outside of a firearms safe. The ammunition box is opened using a key and the safe is opened using a code.

2     An ammunition box that is stored inside a firearms safe. The ammunition box and the safe are opened using two different keys that are stored separately.

3     A compartment for ammunition that is built into a firearms safe. The safe is opened using one code and the compartment containing ammunition is opened using a different code.



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