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Offence title:

Unsafe firearms

Act:

61 Firearms Act (NSW)

Offence:

A person must not supply or give possession of a firearm to another person knowing that it is unsafe, except after giving an appropriate warning.

Penalty:

Fine of 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

Summary/Indictable/mixed:

Summary

Jurisdiction:

Local Court

How committed:

Person A, a firearms dealer, supplied a pistol with a defective trigger mechanism, without warning the purchaser.

Important note:

A police officer may seize any firearm in a public place that the officer reasonably suspects of being unsafe.

A firearm is to be considered as being unsafe (apart from any other reason for which it may be unsafe) if, because of some mechanical defect or its general condition, it may reasonably be considered to be unsafe.