South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts31—Production of licence and certificate of registration
(1) A person who has
possession of a firearm must, at the request of a police officer or a warden
under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 —
(a)
produce a firearms licence authorising his or her possession of the firearm
and the certificate of registration of the firearm for inspection by the
police officer or warden (or, if production of the licence or certificate is
not possible at the time of the request, that person must produce the licence
or certificate within 48 hours for inspection by a police officer at a police
station nominated by that person at the time of the request); and
(b)
produce the firearm for inspection or, if production is not possible at the
time of the request, produce the firearm within 48 hours for inspection by a
police officer at a police station nominated by that person at the time of the
request.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(2) An apparently
genuine document purporting to be signed by the Commissioner of Police, and to
certify that a licence or certificate of registration has not been produced as
required under this section, must, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be
accepted as proof of the matter so certified.
(3) A warden under the
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 can only act under
subsection (1) when the person in possession of a firearm is on a reserve
constituted under that Act.