New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 31

31 Possession of firearm, pistol, prohibited item, or restricted weapon for stage, film, or television purposes

Notwithstanding anything in this Act, a person who is not entitled under this Act to have possession of a firearm or pistol or prohibited item or restricted weapon may have possession of that firearm or pistol or prohibited item or restricted weapon for the purpose of making a broadcast or a theatrical, cinematic, television film, or video recording production if—

a) that person is under the immediate supervision of a person who is entitled under this Act to have possession of that firearm or pistol or prohibited item or restricted weapon; and

b) that person has possession of that firearm or pistol or prohibited item or restricted weapon only during the broadcast or the production or staging of the play or the filming of the cinematic production or television film; and

c) that person is not in possession of any ammunition (other than blank ammunition) for the firearm or pistol, or prohibited item or restricted weapon.

History: Section 31: substituted, on 1 November 1992, by section 14 of the Arms Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 95).   Section 31 heading: amended, on 12 April 2019, by section 31(1) of the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 12).     Section 31: amended, on 25 June 2020, by section 53 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).     Section 31: amended, on 12 April 2019, by section 31(2) of the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 12).     Section 31(a): amended, on 12 April 2019, by section 31(2) of the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 12).     Section 31(b): amended, on 12 April 2019, by section 31(2) of the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 12).     Section 31(c): amended, on 12 April 2019, by section 31(2) of the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 12).