New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 22D

22D Restrictions on selling or supplying ammunition

1 A person who sells or supplies ammunition (other than projectiles for airguns) must hold a firearms licence.

2 A person may only sell or supply ammunition (other than projectiles for airguns) to a person who holds a firearms licence.

3 Subsection (1) does not apply to an employee of an ammunition seller performing their duties under the supervision of a person who is the holder of a firearms licence.

4 A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 if the person, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) or (2).

5 It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) if—

a) the defendant proves that the defendant took reasonable steps to ascertain whether the person to whom the defendant sold or supplied the ammunition (A) was the holder of a firearms licence; or

b) the defendant proves that—

i) the ammunition was sold or supplied to A for use under the immediate supervision of another person who holds a firearms licence (B); and

ii) at all times while A was in possession of the ammunition, A was under the immediate supervision of B.

6 Nothing in subsection (3) applies in relation to any ammunition sold or supplied for a firearm of the kind described in section 22(1)(a), (b), or (c) .

History: Section 22D: inserted, on 24 December 2020, by section 37 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).