New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 22H

22H Persons disqualified from holding firearms licence

A person is disqualified from holding a firearms licence if—

a) the person has, within the previous 10 years, been convicted, or been released from custody after being convicted, of any of the following offences:

i) an offence under section 16(4), 16A, 44A, 50A, 50D, 51A, 53A, 54, 54A, 55, 55A, 55D, 55E, or 55F :

ii) a specified violent offence as defined in section 4 of the Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Act 2014 :

iii) an offence under section 92, 98, 98A, 189A, 199, 202C, 238, 267(1), 269(1) and (3), 306, or 308A of the Crimes Act 1961 :

iv) an offence under section 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12A, 12AB, or 12F of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 ; or

b) the person has, or has had within the previous 10 years, a protection order, other than a temporary order, made against them under—

i) section 79 of the Family Violence Act 2018 ; or

ii) section 14 of the Domestic Violence Act 1995 ; or

c) the person is subject to a firearms prohibition order.

History: Section 22H: inserted, on 24 December 2020, by section 39 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).   Section 22H(a)(ii): replaced, on 16 August 2022, by section 12 of the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Act 2022 (2022 No 40).     Section 22H(a)(iii): amended, on 5 April 2023, by section 7 of the Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 7).     Section 22H(c): inserted, on 15 November 2022, by section 6 of the Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Act 2022 (2022 No 41).