New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 33

33 Revocation of endorsements

1 If, in the opinion of a commissioned officer of Police, any person whose licence bears an endorsement made under section 30 ,—

a) would not, on an application made under section 29 , be entitled to have that endorsement made on his firearms licence; or

b) has failed to observe any conditions of the endorsement,—

that commissioned officer may, by notice in writing under his hand, revoke that endorsement, and that person shall, upon demand, surrender his firearms licence to a member of the Police for cancellation of the endorsement.

2 An endorsement in respect of a pistol shall not be revoked under subsection (1) if—

a) the holder of the firearms licence has owned that pistol since before 16 May 1969 and, immediately before that date, was registered under section 9 of the Arms Act 1958 as the owner of that pistol; and

b) the pistol, although less than 762 millimetres in length, has not been reduced below that length since 15 May 1969 and is not designed or adapted to be held and fired with 1 hand.

3 On the revocation of an endorsement pursuant to this section the holder of the firearms licence shall cease to be entitled to have possession of a pistol or a restricted weapon, as the case may require, whether or not the firearms licence is surrendered pursuant to subsection (1).

4 The provisions of this section are in addition to the provisions of sections 27 and 28 .