New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 24B

24B General conditions of firearms licence

1 Every firearms licence is subject to the conditions that the holder of a firearms licence must,—

a) when using a firearm, act in a way that does not pose a risk to themselves or others; and

b) produce any firearm that the licence holder is carrying to a member of the Police on demand; and

c) permit a member of the Police to inspect all firearms in the licence holder’s possession, the place or places where the firearms are or will be kept, and the place or places where the ammunition is or will be kept, and, for those purposes, to enter at all reasonable times upon the premises where that place or those places are situated; and

d) permit a member of the Police to inspect the security arrangements in any vehicle used by the holder to transport the licence holder’s firearms; and

e) inform a member of the Police if, after the issue of the licence, any of the circumstances described in section 24A(1) apply to the licence holder; and

f) inform a member of the Police if their health practitioner changes, and provide updated details of the name and contact details of their health practitioner.

2 Subsection (1)(f) does not apply to a holder of a firearms licence who is a visitor.

3 It is the duty of every member of the Police exercising any power conferred by subsection (1)(c) or (d)—

a) to give at least 7 days’ notice of the proposed inspection under subsection (1)(c) or (d); and

b) to identify themselves to the holder of the firearms licence; and

c) to tell the holder of the firearms licence that the power is being exercised under subsection (1)(c) or (d), as the case may be; and

d) if they are not in uniform, to produce on initial entry, and, if requested, at any subsequent time, evidence that they are a member of the Police.

4 Subsections (1)(c) and (3) are subject to section 31A if the licence bears an endorsement made under section 30 or 30B .

History: Section 24B: inserted, on 24 December 2020, by section 42 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).