- (1)
- A person must not, on Trust land, carry, discharge or be in possession of,
a firearm.
Penalty:
10 penalty units.
- (2)
- Subregulation (1) does not apply
to:
- (a)
- a police officer; or
- (b)
- a person who:
- (i)
- is the holder of a licence under the Security Industry Act 1997 of New
South Wales; and
- (ii)
- is carrying out functions authorised by the licence.
Note
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in
subregulation (2) (see subsection 13.3 (3) of the Criminal Code ).
- (3)
- Strict liability applies to the physical element of an offence against
subregulation (1) that is constituted by the circumstance that the conduct
occurred on Trust land.
Note 1
For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the
Criminal Code .
Note 2
For general circumstances in which an activity will
not constitute an offence, see regulation 23.