New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 18B

18B Production of samples

1 If an applicant is required, under section 18(1), 18AA(1), or 18AAB(1) , to produce for examination and testing a sample, the applicant must produce the sample as soon as practicable.

2 Before producing a sample, an applicant must ensure it has not been modified in any way.

3 The Crown is not liable to pay compensation in respect of any damage caused to a sample resulting from the examination and testing of the sample.

4 If, following examination and testing, the sample is not approved, the applicant who produced it must, within 12 months after being informed in writing by a member of the Police that the sample is not approved,—

a) export the sample from New Zealand; or

b) cause the sample to be exported from New Zealand.

5 If the sample is not exported as required by subsection (4), the sample must be disposed of or dealt with in the manner that the Commissioner directs.

History: Section 18B: replaced, on 25 June 2020, by section 31 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).