Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 9 - DANGERS TO THE COMMUNITY  

Part 9.4 - Dangerous weapons  

Division 361 - International firearms trafficking  

SECTION 361.1  

361.1   Definitions  
In this Division:

export
a thing, means export the thing from Australia.

firearm
has the same meaning as in the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 .

firearm part
has the same meaning as in the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 .

import
a thing, means import the thing into Australia, and includes deal with the thing in connection with its importation.

traffic
in a thing that is a firearm or a firearm part means:


(a) transfer the thing; or


(b) offer the thing for sale; or


(c) invite the making of offers to buy the thing; or


(d) prepare the thing for transfer with the intention of transferring any of it or believing that another person intends to transfer any of it; or


(e) transport or deliver the thing with the intention of transferring any of it or believing that another person intends to transfer any of it; or


(f) guard or conceal the thing with the intention of transferring any of it or the intention of assisting another person to transfer any of it; or


(g) possess the thing with the intention of transferring any of it.

For the purposes of paragraph (d), preparing a thing for transfer includes packaging the thing or separating the thing into discrete units.


 

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