New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 33B

33B Revocation of endorsement in respect of prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine

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

a) would not, on an application made under section 30A , be entitled to have that endorsement made on that person's firearms licence; or

b) has failed to observe any condition of that endorsement,—

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

2 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 prohibited firearm or prohibited magazine, whether or not the firearms licence is surrendered pursuant to subsection (1).

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

History: Section 33B: inserted, on 1 November 1992, by section 15 of the Arms Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 95).   Section 33B heading: replaced, on 12 April 2019, by section 35(1) of the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 12).     Section 33B(2): amended, on 12 April 2019, by section 35(2) of the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 12).