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    This document outlines penalties under the Firearms Act 1996 for unsafe storage and use of firearms and ammunition in Australia. It establishes different penalty levels based on the category of firearm. For category A or B longarms, the penalty is 60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment for failing to securely carry and store the firearm, and prevent it from being lost or stolen. Higher categories of firearms and ammunition carry increased penalties, with category E firearms having a maximum penalty of 240 penalty units or 4 years imprisonment. The Act also prohibits allowing any unlicensed or unauthorized person to carry or use a category A or B longarm.

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    This document outlines penalties under the Firearms Act 1996 for unsafe storage and use of firearms and ammunition in Australia. It establishes different penalty levels based on the category of firearm. For category A or B longarms, the penalty is 60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment for failing to securely carry and store the firearm, and prevent it from being lost or stolen. Higher categories of firearms and ammunition carry increased penalties, with category E firearms having a maximum penalty of 240 penalty units or 4 years imprisonment. The Act also prohibits allowing any unlicensed or unauthorized person to carry or use a category A or B longarm.

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    Section 126 Firearms Act 1996 v.64

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    This document outlines penalties under the Firearms Act 1996 for unsafe storage and use of firearms and ammunition in Australia. It establishes different penalty levels based on the category of firearm. For category A or B longarms, the penalty is 60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment for failing to securely carry and store the firearm, and prevent it from being lost or stolen. Higher categories of firearms and ammunition carry increased penalties, with category E firearms having a maximum penalty of 240 penalty units or 4 years imprisonment. The Act also prohibits allowing any unlicensed or unauthorized person to carry or use a category A or B longarm.

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    Firearms Act 1996

    No. 66 of 1996
    Part 7Further Offences and Legal Proceedings
    s. 126

    ammunition that that person is authorised to


    keep for sale and sell under that licence; or
    S. 125(c)
    amended by
    No. 22/1998
    s. 43(Sch.
    item 9).

    (c) produces evidence that he or she is not


    required to have a licence under this Act in
    order to possess, carry or use a firearm of the
    type the cartridge ammunition is suitable for.
    Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months
    imprisonment.
    126 Safekeeping of firearms and cartridge ammunition
    while being carried or used
    (1) A person who is carrying or using a category A
    or B longarm must
    (a) ensure that the firearm is carried and used in
    a manner that is secure and is not dangerous;
    and
    (b) must take reasonable precautions to ensure
    that the firearm is not lost or stolen.
    Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months
    imprisonment.

    S. 126(2)
    amended by
    No. 28/2003
    s. 56(1).

    (2) A person who is carrying or using a category C


    or D longarm or a general category handgun
    must
    (a) ensure that the firearm is carried and used in
    a manner that is secure and is not dangerous;
    and
    (b) must take reasonable precautions to ensure
    that the firearm is not lost or stolen.
    Penalty: 120 penalty units or 2 years
    imprisonment.

    202

    Firearms Act 1996


    No. 66 of 1996
    Part 7Further Offences and Legal Proceedings
    s. 127

    (3) A person who is carrying or using a category E


    longarm or a category E handgun must
    (a) ensure that the firearm is carried and used in
    a manner that is secure and is not dangerous;
    and

    S. 126(3)
    amended by
    No. 28/2003
    s. 56(2).

    (b) must take reasonable precautions to ensure


    that the firearm is not lost or stolen.
    Penalty: 240 penalty units or 4 years
    imprisonment.
    (4) A person who is carrying or using cartridge
    ammunition must

    S. 126(4)
    amended by
    No. 22/1998
    s. 43(Sch.
    item 10).

    (a) ensure that the cartridge ammunition is


    carried and used in a manner that is secure
    and is not dangerous; and

    S. 126(4)(a)
    amended by
    No. 22/1998
    s. 43(Sch.
    item 10).

    (b) must take reasonable precautions to ensure


    that the cartridge ammunition is not lost or
    stolen.

    S. 126(4)(b)
    amended by
    No. 22/1998
    s. 43(Sch.
    item 10).

    Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months


    imprisonment.
    127 Use of firearm by person other than the possessor
    (1) A person who possesses a category A or B
    longarm must not permit that firearm to be carried
    or used by any person who is not
    (a) so authorised by a licence under Part 2; or
    (b) exempted by this Act from the requirement
    to be so authorised.
    Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months
    imprisonment.

    203

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