Requirements for storing small arms ammunition and power device cartridges
99 Requirements for storing small arms ammunition and power device cartridges
This section applies to—
a person storing small arms ammunition, if the small arms ammunition is an explosive mentioned in schedule 4, item 1; or
a person storing a power device cartridge.
The person—
must store the explosive—
in its original packaging or in packaging or containers designed to protect the explosives individually; and
in a secure container, or on a shelf that is inaccessible to a person who is not authorised to possess the explosive; and
in a secured area; and
must not store the explosive in a secured area in which a firearm is stored unless—
the explosive and the firearm are stored in different parts of the secured area; and
the key to unlock the part of the secured area in which the firearm is stored is different from the key to unlock the part of the secured area in which the explosive is stored; and
Examples—
1 A firearm and small arms ammunition are stored in a locked room in separate safes. The safes have different combination locks.
2 A firearm and small arms ammunition are stored in a locked room. The firearm is stored in a safe with a combination lock. The small arms ammunition is stored in a box in the same safe, but the box can only be opened with a padlock and key.
if the person stores more than 10,000 safety cartridges or power device cartridges in a secured area—must display, in the required places for the secured area, a classification sign for the cartridges stored in the secured area.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
In this section—
key includes an electronic key.
safety cartridge has the meaning given under AS 2187, part 0.
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