Queensland Consolidated Acts

WEAPONS ACT 1990 - SECT 50

(1) A person must not unlawfully possess a weapon.

Maximum penalty—

(a) if the person unlawfully possesses 10 or more weapons at least 5 of which are category D, E, H or R weapons—13 years imprisonment; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply and the person unlawfully possesses 10 or more weapons—500 penalty units or 10 years imprisonment; or

(c) if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply—

(i) for a category D, H or R weapon—300 penalty units or 7 years imprisonment; or

(ii) for a category C or E weapon—200 penalty units or 4 years imprisonment; or

(iii) for a category A, B or M weapon—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

(2) A court, in sentencing a person found guilty of an offence against subsection (1), may take into consideration whether the person stored the weapon in the way prescribed under a regulation for the weapon.