Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 101(1) substituted by No. 2/2018 s. 20(1).
(1) A person must not publish or cause to be published an advertisement which advertises that a firearm is offered for sale unless—
(a) the person is a licensed firearms dealer and the advertisement contains the person's dealers licence number; or
(b) the advertisement contains a statement that the proposed sale is to be arranged by or through a licensed firearms dealer.
Penalty: 40 penalty units.
S. 101(2) repealed by No. 2/2018 s. 20(1).
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S. 101(3) substituted by No. 2/2018 s. 20(2).
(3) A person must not publish or cause to be published an advertisement which advertises that a firearm is offered for sale unless the advertisement contains—
(a) the serial number of the firearm; and
(b) where the firearm is being offered for sale by, or on behalf of, a person who is not a licensed firearms dealer—the firearms licence number of that person.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(4) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (3) it is a defence to prove that immediately before making the publication, the person publishing the advertisement or causing the advertisement to be published, after making reasonable enquiries, did not know that the advertisement indicated that a firearm was for sale.
S. 101(5) repealed by No. 2/2018 s. 20(3).
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S. 101A inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 44.