Weapons Act 1990

A person who unlawfully possesses a firearm or a prescribed thing can not be prosecuted for an offence against this Act for possession of the firearm or prescribed thing if—

the person is taking the firearm or prescribed thing directly to, or has the firearm or prescribed thing at—

an approved licensed dealer for the purpose of the dealer disposing of or otherwise dealing with it; or

a police station for the purpose of surrendering it to a police officer; and

the person complies with any conditions prescribed by regulation for the taking of the firearm or prescribed thing to the approved licensed dealer or police station.

Subsections (3) to (5) apply if the person—

takes the firearm or prescribed thing to an approved licensed dealer under subsection (1)(a)(i); and

does not provide the approved licensed dealer with the particulars as required under section 73(a).

Section 73 does not apply to the approved licensed dealer.

Unless the approved licensed dealer has a reasonable excuse, the dealer must surrender the firearm or prescribed thing to a police officer if the dealer does not have an authorisation, mentioned in section 168D(2), for the firearm or prescribed thing.Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

Without limiting subsection (4), it is a reasonable excuse for the approved licensed dealer not to surrender the firearm or prescribed thing if the dealer is seeking an authorisation, mentioned in section 168D(2), for the firearm or prescribed thing.

The commissioner may approve a licensed dealer for this section.

The commissioner must publish the names of the approved licensed dealers on the QPS website.

In this section—approved licensed dealer means a licensed dealer approved by the commissioner under subsection (6).prescribed thing means—

a magazine for a weapon; or

a category R weapon that is not a firearm; or

another thing prescribed by regulation.