New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 11

11 Employees of licensed dealer to hold firearms licence bearing appropriate endorsements

1 An employee of a licensed dealer must not assist with carrying on any dealer activity unless the employee holds a firearms licence.

2 If the employee’s duties include the carrying on of a dealer activity in respect of pistols, pistol carbine conversion kits, restricted weapons, prohibited firearms, or prohibited magazines, the employee’s firearms licence must also bear appropriate endorsements made under section 30 or 30B that authorise the employee to possess any such items in connection with their duties as an employee of the licensed dealer.

3 A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 if the person, without reasonable excuse, contravenes this section.

History: Section 11: replaced, on 25 June 2020, by section 20 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).