New South Wales Firearms Amendment (Ammunition Control) Act 2012 No 34 Contents Page 1 2 Schedule 1 Name of Act Commencement Amendment of Firearms Act 1996 No 46 2 2 3 New South Wales Firearms Amendment (Ammunition Control) Act 2012 No 34 Act No 34, 2012 An Act to amend the Firearms Act 1996 to make further provision for the purchase and sale of ammunition. [Assented to 5 June 2012] Section 1 Firearms Amendment (Ammunition Control) Act 2012 No 34 The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1 Name of Act This Act is the Firearms Amendment (Ammunition Control) Act 2012. 2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation. Page 2 Firearms Amendment (Ammunition Control) Act 2012 No 34 Amendment of Firearms Act 1996 No 46 Schedule 1 Schedule 1 [1] Section 45A Amendment of Firearms Act 1996 No 46 Insert after section 45: 45A Recording of ammunition transactions (1) (2) A licensed firearms dealer must keep a record of all sales and purchases of ammunition by the firearms dealer. The record must contain the following particulars for each sale of ammunition by the dealer: (a) the name and address of the person (the buyer) to whom the ammunition was sold, (b) the number of the buyer's licence or permit for a firearm that takes the ammunition or for a permit that authorises the buyer to purchase the ammunition, (c) in the case of a sale of ammunition that is subject to the requirements of section 65A--the number of the relevant notice of registration for a firearm or permit to acquire a firearm that was seen by the dealer at the time of the sale, (d) in the case of a sale of ammunition to a member of a shooting club by the club armourer for the club for use in a club firearm (as referred to in section 65A)--the number of the relevant notice of registration for the club firearm concerned, (e) such other particulars as may be prescribed by the regulations. The record must contain the following particulars for each purchase of ammunition by the dealer: (a) the name and address of the person from whom the ammunition was purchased, (b) such other particulars as may be prescribed by the regulations. The record of a sale or purchase of ammunition must, subject to the regulations, be made within 24 hours after the sale or purchase. The record must be kept in the form approved by the Commissioner. A licensed firearms dealer who ceases to hold such a licence must provide the Commissioner with the record kept under this section for all sales and purchases of ammunition during the 2 years (3) (4) (5) (6) Page 3 Firearms Amendment (Ammunition Control) Act 2012 No 34 Schedule 1 Amendment of Firearms Act 1996 No 46 immediately preceding the date on which the licence ceased to be in force. (7) A licensed firearms dealer must, on demand made by a police officer at any time: (a) produce to that officer the record kept by the dealer under this section and permit that officer to inspect and make copies of any entries in it, and (b) furnish to that officer any information in the dealer's possession with respect to any ammunition purchased or sold by the dealer. Any person making an alteration to an entry in a record kept under this section must do so by interlineation or striking out and not by erasure. Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units. (8) [2] Section 65 Sale, purchase and possession of ammunition Insert at the end of section 65 (1): Note. Section 65A imposes additional requirements for sales of ammunition by licensed firearms dealers. [3] Section 65A Insert after section 65: 65A Sales of ammunition by firearms dealers--additional requirements (1) A licensed firearms dealer must not sell ammunition for any firearm to a purchaser who is the holder of a licence or permit for the firearm unless: (a) a firearm that takes the ammunition is registered in the name of the purchaser or the purchaser is authorised by a permit (or its equivalent under the law of another State or Territory) to acquire a firearm that takes the ammunition, and (b) the dealer has seen the current notice of registration issued for the firearm or the permit to acquire the firearm. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. The requirements of this section are in addition to the requirements of section 65. This section does not apply to a sale of ammunition by a licensed firearms dealer to another licensed firearms dealer. (2) (3) Page 4 Firearms Amendment (Ammunition Control) Act 2012 No 34 Amendment of Firearms Act 1996 No 46 Schedule 1 (4) This section does not apply to a sale of ammunition to a member of a shooting club by the club armourer for the club for use at the club in a firearm registered to the club (a club firearm). [4] Schedule 3 Savings and transitional provisions Omit clause 1 (1). Insert instead: (1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act and any Act that amends this Act. [Second reading speech made in-- Legislative Council on 16 February 2012 Legislative Assembly on 10 May 2012] Page 5